List of Famous people born on January 1st

Sheila Meiring Fugard was born in England. She is a writer of short stories and plays and the ex-wife of South African playwright Athol Fugard.

Bouthaina Shaaban is a Syrian politician and is currently the political and media adviser to the President of Syria. Shaaban served as the first Minister of Expatriates for the Syrian Arab Republic, between 2003 and 2008, and has been described as the Syrian government's face to the outside world.

Matías Sánchez Pages is an Argentine volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team, bronze medallist of the Olympic Games. On club level, he plays for French team Tourcoing LM.

Tung Chee-chen, GBS, SBS, JP is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive of shipping company Orient Overseas and a member of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute, a pro-Beijing political thinktank. He is Monaco's honorary consul to Hong Kong.