List of Famous people born on January 1st

Gilbert Jean Marco Brulé is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for TH Unia Oświęcim of the Polska Hokej Liga (PHL).

Marla Olmstead is a painter of abstract art who by the age of four had caught international media attention for her work. Abstract artworks painted by her have been as large as five feet square and have sold for tens of thousands of US dollars. A 2005 60 Minutes II story on Olmstead that first brought her publicity led to speculation that the works supposedly created by Marla were in fact created in collaboration with her father, which was further examined in the 2007 documentary on her, My Kid Could Paint That.

Hamid El Mahdaoui is a Moroccan journalist, and activist. Since 2014, he is the founder and the editor-in-chief of the online news website Badil.info. On July 20, El Mahdaoui was arrested in Al Hoceima, and later sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 20.000 Dirhams for his activism in Hirak Rif.

Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. His works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles. He is published in a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books.

Kenji Uchida is a Japanese film director.

Beykan Şimşek is a Turkish footballer who plays for Ankaraspor.

Ulrike Lorenz is a German art historian and President of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.

Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He previously worked as an official at the Pentagon, where he dealt with issues relating to the Middle East, and as political adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Yaya Banhoro, known simply as Yaya in Brazil, is a Burkinabé footballer who plays for the Burkina Faso national football team as a forward.

Farouk Hosny is an Egyptian abstract painter who was Minister of Culture from 1987 to 2011.