List of Famous people born on January 1st

Meriam George is an Egyptian beauty pageant titleholder, winner of Miss Supertalent. At the age of eighteen, she was the official Pantene Miss Egypt 2005 winner. She represented Egypt in Miss Universe 2005, Miss Intercontinental 2005 and Miss Earth 2006. In Miss Earth, she was among the eight finalists, in Miss Intercontinental, she was a semifinalist, and in Miss Universe, she did not place. In October 2013, she traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to represent her country as "Miss Egypt" at the Miss Supertalent of the World 2013, where she placed as 1st runner-up, She is a Coptic Christian.Egypt's best showing in the grand slam pageants since Antigone Costanda was Miss World in 1954.

Floria Sigismondi is an Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist, and photographer.

Jacqueline Rose, FBA is a British academic who is Professor of Humanities at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities.