List of Famous people born on January 1st

General Salah Abdallah "Gosh" is the former national security advisor of the Republic of the Sudan. Prior to this position he was the director of National Intelligence and Security Service. He currently holds the rank of army general. Salah Gosh was reinstated to his former position as the Director General of NISS on 11 February 2018 by President Omar al-Bashir. On 13 April 2019, he resigned from his post, which was confirmed to Sudanese TV by the ruling Transitional Military Council.

Pauline Bebe is the rabbi of Communauté Juive Libérale, a Progressive Jewish congregation in Paris. She was the first female rabbi in France, and the first female rabbi to lead a synagogue there. As of 2018 France has only four women rabbis, Bebe, Célia Surget, Delphine Horvilleur. and Floriane Chinsky.

Marion Laine is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Her 2008 film A Simple Heart was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize.