List of Famous people born on January 1st

Deize Tigrona is a Brazilian funk carioca musician. Born in the São Conrado neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Deize worked as a house cleaner until her music career became successful. Her song “Injeção” was used as the basis for the M.I.A. song "Bucky Done Gun". Recently she has performed both with M.I.A. and with another popular funk carioca singer, Tati Quebra Barraco.

Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III is the ruler of the emirate of Ajman and a member of the UAE Supreme Council of the Union. He is the 10th ruler of Ajman. Humaid bin Rashid succeeded his late father Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi III on September 6, 1981. He previously served as deputy ruler since 1960. Under his reign, the state has seen rapid changes from a small fishing town at the time of independence to a modern emirate.

Affif Ben Badra is an actor and stuntman currently living in France. In the United States, he appeared as a warlord in the Roland Emmerich film 10,000 BC and as Tamas Morato in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. He also appeared in the suspense/thriller film Taken, written by Luc Besson, and in the Spanish public TV series Aguila Roja. He was born in Syria to Christian parents who fled their home following Assad's rise to power. They consider France their home and a positive land to raise their children compared to Syria.

Harald Hauswald is a German photographer.

Flávio José is a Brazilian composer and singer.

Sumi Hwang is a South Korean soprano.

Albrecht Metzger is a German journalist, actor, television presenter, film director and cabaretist.

Saori Ono is a Japanese model and actress.

Rebekka Habermas is a German historian, professor of modern history at the University of Göttingen, in Germany. Habermas has made substantial contributions to German social and cultural history of the 19th century.