List of Famous people born on January 1st

Thomas Vincent is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His 1999 film Karnaval was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.

Bettina Stangneth is a German philosopher. Known for her work on antisemitism and National Socialism, she is the author of several books, including Eichmann before Jerusalem (2014), which won an NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis in 2011 when it was first published in German.

Andrew Blake is an American adult erotic film director and film producer. Blake has been inducted into both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame and is a medal recipient from the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival for his first film NIGHT TRIPS.

Ho-Kau Chan was a Hong Kong actress and Cantonese opera singer. She was credited with over 130 films.

Sarah Sokolovic is an American film, television, and theatre actress, who starred in Homeland as Laura Sutton and has a recurring role on Big Little Lies. She has performed in several plays including The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, Detroit, and A Streetcar Named Desire.

Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi is an Iraqi women's rights activist. As a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and specifically a member of Iraq's Human Rights Committee, she has worked to pass human rights legislation. She also joined The Pledge for Iraq, a women's rights activist group.

Hisato Igarashi is Japanese former gymnast.

Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani was born in 1929.

Ahmed Zaki Badr is a former Minister of Education for Egypt.

Dr. Hamed al-Bargi also transliterated as Hamed Al-Bargi (Arabic:حامد البارقي) is a Consultant of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Visiting Professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, OMFS – USA, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Certificate Thomas Jefferson University Hospital USA, Fellowship in Facial Reconstruction – USA 2003-2004. He has patented a Dental plaque brush for bridges and Expandable litter apparatus.