List of Famous people born on January 1st

Adib al-Shishakli was a Syrian military leader and President of Syria of Kurdish Origin (1953–54).

King-kong Lam is a TVB actor born in Hong Kong, 1969. He previously played comedic characters, and now recently villains.

Peter Chou or Win Than is the former HTC CEO chief executive officer and a co-founder of HTC. Chou founded HTC with Cher Wang (王雪紅) and H.T.Cho (卓火土) before being named CEO of HTC in 2004, succeeding H.T.Cho. In order to spearhead innovation initiatives for HTC, Chou would later serve as head of HTC Future Development Lab starting early 2015, with Cher Wang succeeding as CEO.

Kingsley Sit Ho-yin was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Simon Joseph Wells is an English film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great-grandson of author H. G. Wells.

Rachel Adedeji is an English singer and actress. She finished in ninth place on sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, having previously appeared on the fifth series. From 2016 to 2020, she appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Lisa Loveday.

Willi Liebherr is a German-Swiss entrepreneur chairman of the board of Liebherr Group.

Bu Xiaolin is a Chinese female politician of Mongol descent. She has served as Chairwoman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government since March 2016. She is the daughter of Buhe, a former chairman of Inner Mongolia, and the granddaughter of Ulanhu, the founding chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a Vice President of China.

Yavuz Şimşek was a Turkish football player of Fenerbahçe between 1967–77 He played as a goalkeeper.

Muhammad Ahmad Hussein has been the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem since July 2006, when he was appointed by Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority. Hussein replaced Ekrima Sa'id Sabri, who was reportedly fired by Abbas for his growing popularity and open expression of highly contentious political views.