List of Famous people born on January 1st

Haruo Wakō was a member of the armed militant group, the Japanese Red Army.

Kadir Çermik is a Turkish stage, film, television, and voice actor.

Murat Özçelik is a Turkish politician, civil servant and diplomat from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's third electoral district since 7 June 2015. He served as the Deputy Leader of the CHP responsible for foreign relations between 3 November 2014 and 11 November 2015. He was part of the CHP delegation during coalition negotiations with the Justice and Development Party following the June 2015 general election. Before entering politics, Özçelik served as the Turkish Consul General at Shanghai from 1997 to 1998, as the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq from 2009 to 2011 and as the Undersecretary of Public Order and Security from 2011 to 2012.

Francesco Piemontesi is a Swiss pianist.

Maria "Masha" Bruskina was a Belarusian Jewish nurse and a member of the Minsk Resistance during World War II. While volunteering as a nurse, she cared for Soviet forces, and assisted them in escaping. For this, she was executed by German forces.

Deng Qilin is a former Chinese business executive. He served as the chief executive of Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) from 2013 to 2015. Deng was investigated for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and booted from the Communist Party for bribery and abuse of power, among other alleged offenses.

Harald Jähner is a German journalist and author. Since 2011 he has been an honorary professor of cultural journalism at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Elias Nicolas Bou Saab is a former Lebanese Minister of National Defense and Advisor to the President of Lebanon Michel Aoun on International Cooperation, former Minister of Education and Higher Education in the Government of Lebanon, former President of the municipality of Dhour El Choueir municipality in the Maten region of Mount Lebanon, the founder and Executive Vice President of the American University in Dubai, and is a shareholder in AlMada.org news site, Fame FM and Sawt El Mada radio station. He was also a member of the founding board of directors of television station OTV.

Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Sánchez has written and directed his own screenplays for short films such as Temporada baja (2003) and 7337 (2000).

Raymond Kwok Ping Luen JP is the chairman and managing director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong. He is the chairman of SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. and SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited. He is the youngest son of Kwok Tak Seng, and the youngest brother of Walter Kwok, and Thomas Kwok.