List of Famous people born on January 1st

Stefan Koelsch is a German-American psychologist and neuroscientist.

Albertina Ho SH, MH is a career woman judge at the General Court under the Supreme Court of Indonesia. Albertina became known publicly when she became chairwoman of the presiding judge bribery tax official Gayus Tambunan at the South Jakarta District Court. Because of persistence, rigor and seriousness as female judges, Albertina Ho earned the nickname "Srikandi Hukum" by some.

Gary Hemming was a noted American mountaineer. Together with Royal Robbins he made the first ascent of the American Direct route on the Aiguille du Dru in Chamonix in 1962, and was widely known in France for his role as a rescuer of a party on the same mountain in 1966, earning him the moniker "le beatnik des cimes".

Kouider Morabet, better known as Cheb Kader, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, composer and pioneer of raï music. He is born in 1966 in Oran, Algeria.

Marie-Cécile Zinsou is a French-Beninese art historian and entrepreneur, She is president of the Fondation Zinsou, founded in 2005 in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, West Africa, which promotes contemporary art in Africa and leads cultural, educational and social initiatives. In 2014 she opened the first museum of contemporary art in Benin.