List of Famous people born on January 1st

Veli Saçılık is a Turkish sociologist, activist, and author.

Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari is a Qatari diplomat and politician. Dr. Al-Kuwari serves as State Minister with rank of Deputy Prime Minister, and was formerly the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage of Qatar (2008-2016). He was previously the Ambassador of Qatar to France, the United States, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the UN. Dr. Al-Kuwari was a candidate in 2017 election of the Director-General of UNESCO. He is married and the father of three children.

Gregorio Rossello, better known as Grego Rossello, is an Argentine actor, comedian, presenter and internet personality. He is known for making various funny videos about different everyday situations on the Instagram social network, for his participation in various television programs, and as a stand-up comedian.

Felix Friedrich is a German organist, church musician and musicologist.

Otsuichi is the pen name of Hirotaka Adachi , born 1978. He is a Japanese writer, mostly of horror short stories, as well as a filmmaker. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

Wolfgang Smith is a mathematician, physicist, philosopher of science, metaphysician, Roman Catholic and member of the Traditionalist School. He has written extensively in the field of differential geometry, as a critic of scientism and as a proponent of a new interpretation of quantum mechanics that draws heavily from medieval ontology and realism.

Muhammad Toha was an Indonesian revolutionary and war hero, celebrated as a martyr in Indonesia for his act of self-sacrifice in Bandung during the Indonesian National Revolution.

Mehdi Zana is a former Kurdish politician from Turkey.

Karine Costa is a French singer, particularly known for her songs from Disney films.

Mateus Asato is a guitarist from Campo Grande, Brazil, who now resides in Los Angeles. He rose to fame through by posting videos of himself playing guitar on Instagram, and has since amassed over one million followers. He has toured with several pop stars as a guitarist. He also has his own signature guitar with Suhr Guitars.