List of Famous people born on January 1st

Cecilia Jarlskog is a Swedish theoretical physicist, working mainly on elementary particle physics.

Joan Jara is a British-Chilean dancer, activist, and widow of Chilean icon, communist and folksinger Víctor Jara. Since his death, she dedicated herself to perpetuating the memory of him, his work, and his values. She wrote An Unfinished Song: The Life of Victor Jara in 1984, and founded the Víctor Jara Foundation.

Shizue Ukaji is an Ainu activist, artist, and poet.

Malika El Aroud is a Moroccan terror activist with ties to al-Qaeda known for her writings on the Internet.

Reşit Emre Kongar is a Turkish social scientist, academic, author, and columnist. As of 2020, he regularly writes his column at Cumhuriyet.

Özay Fecht is a Turkish-German actress and jazz singer.

Charles Hossein Zenderoudi is an Iranian painter, calligrapher and sculptor, known as a pioneer of Iranian modern art and as one of the earliest artists to incorporate Arabic calligraphy elements into his artwork. He is a associated as a pioneer of the Saqqa-Khaneh movement, a genre of neo-traditional modern art found in Iran that is rooted in a history of coffee-house paintings and Shia Islam visual elements. He lives in Paris and New York.

Rüdiger Safranski is a German philosopher and author.

Sarah Viktoria Frick is a Swiss theatre and film actress. She has dual nationality with Liechtenstein. She left school at 16 to study at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Zurich and has gone on to a career celebrated for her performance as Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, among many other roles, primarily at the Burgtheater in Vienna. She has won the Nestroy Theatre Prize several times.

Lyambiko is a German jazz singer. She has released five charting albums in Germany.