List of Famous people born on January 1st
Satoshi Kuribayashi
Satoshi Kuribayashi is a Japanese photographer.
Henry John Butler-Lloyd
Brigitte Giraud
Brigitte Giraud is a French writer, author of novels ands and short stories.
Ali Kuschaib
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, is a senior Janjaweed commander who supported the Sudanese government against Darfur rebel groups during the Omar al-Bashir presidency. He was indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. He was known as aqid al oqada and was active in Wadi Salih, West Darfur. On 27 February 2007, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo charged Kushayb with crimes against civilians in Darfur during 2003 and 2004, accusing him of ordering killings, rapes, and looting. An ICC arrest warrant was issued for him and Ahmed Haroun, his co-defendant, on 27 April 2007. In April 2008, he was released from Sudanese custody. Sudanese authorities re-arrested Kushayb in October 2008. In early 2013, Kushayb was commander of the Central Reserve Forces in Rahad el-Berdi in South Darfur. Reports on his activities continued sporadically from 2013 to 2017
Alexis Debat
Alexis Debat, currently using the name Yves Bergquist is a former French commentator on terrorism and national security issues, formerly based in Washington D.C.. He worked as a reporter, consultant, and source for ABC News for six years, as a senior fellow at the Nixon Center, and was a contributing editor to The National Interest. According to Mother Jones, he was the Director of the Terrorism and National Security Program at the Nixon Center. He was also part of the Consulting Committee of the French magazine Politique Internationale, headed by Patrick Wajsman, and worked until September 2007 for the National Security Institute of the George Washington University on Islamist radicalization in Afghanistan since 2005. Since 2003, he has been called an "expert" by Time, U.S. News & World Report, National Journal, the Boston Herald, the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, PBS, etc. He also wrote op-eds in the Financial Times and the International Herald Tribune.
Sebastian Knauer
Sebastian Knauer is a German classical pianist.
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Andrzej Bartkowiak, A.S.C. is a Polish cinematographer and director.
Ali Thunayan Al-Ghanim
Ali Mohammed Thunayan Al-Ghanim is a Kuwaiti politician, businessman and economist with close ties to the Kuwaiti government as he is the Chairman of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2004. Previously, he served as KCCI Vice Chairman, and President of the Federation of Chambers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah
Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah is a Kuwaiti lieutenant general, who retired from military services after being appointed as minister of defense to succeed retired Lt General Sheikh Ahmed Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah. He was deputy prime minister and minister of defense from 4 August 2013 to 11 December 2017. He is a member of the ruling family of Kuwait, Al Sabah.
Li Hongkuan
Li Hongkuan is a Chinese dissident.