List of Famous people born on January 1st

Wai Ka-Fai is a Hong Kong screenwriter, producer, film director, and former TV screenwriter and producer.

James Leonard Peters is a New Zealand educator and politician. Born in Kawakawa, he is of Ngāti Wai and Clan McInnes descent.

Xiao Jie is a Chinese politician and an important political aide of Premier Li Keqiang. He is serving as the State Councilor and the Secretary General of the State Council. Xiao served as the Minister of Finance from November 2016 to March 2018. He previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council and chief of staff of Premier Li Keqiang, and the Deputy Director of the State Council Leading Group for the Nationwide Economy Census. He had also served as the director of the State Administration of Taxation.

Marie-Louise Arsenault is a Canadian radio personality, who hosts the literary talk show Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! on Ici Radio-Canada Première. In this role, she was also the moderator of the final three editions of Le Combat des livres.

Zübeyir Aydar is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and president of the Kongra-Gel, which is the parliament of the Koma Civakên Kurdistan (KCK), making him the de jure political leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party.

María Carolina Barco Isakson is a Colombian-American diplomat, who has served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States from 2006 to 2010, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from 2002 to 2007. She has served as the Colombian ambassador to Spain since October 2018.