List of Famous people born on January 1st

Sirin Hamsho, also transliterated Serene Hamsho, born in Hama, Syria 1986, is a Syrian engineer and inventor specializing in renewable energy. She failed to receive an international patent for a wind turbine system design after the rejection of its submition in 2019 by the US patent, and was recognized by the BBC's 100 Women and featured in the finale of the programme's international edit-a-thon in 2016. Hamsho is also a TV presenter and media personality. She hosted her own show on Iqraa TV in 2010, and gained a public attention in 2015 with her short film "Immigration". and most recently "The First message".

Hajji Raden Mochtar, often credited as Rd Mochtar, was an Indonesian actor. Of noble descent, Mochtar was discovered by Albert Balink and first cast in the commercial failure Pareh (1936). Rising to popularity after the release of Terang Boelan the following year, he spent nearly sixty years in film, while also becoming a businessman and farmer.