List of Famous people born on January 1st

Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. After winning the lottery, he had several brushes with the law and personal tragedies.

Brody Dalle is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. She began playing music in her adolescence and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18, where she founded the punk rock band the Distillers. The group released three albums before disbanding in 2006. She began another project, Spinnerette, which released an eponymous album in 2009. In 2014, she released Diploid Love, her first album under her solo name.

Ingmar Hoerr is a German biologist. He pioneered vaccinology research concerning the use of RNA and is a founder of the German biotechnology company CureVac. He is the father of the technology used in RNA vaccines.

Wan Kuok-koi, popularly known as Broken Tooth Koi, is a gangster and former leader of the Macau branch of the 14K triad. He was released after more than 14 years in prison on 1 December 2012, and in years following has reportedly been involved in illicit gambling projects in Myanmar associated with illicit drug production and transnational organized crime groups operating in and around the Golden Triangle. In December 2020, the U.S. sanctioned Wan under the Global Magnitsky Act.

Ritesh Agarwal is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Oyo Rooms. He became the world's second youngest billionaire in 2020. Agarwal is also a recipient of the Business World Young Entrepreneur Award.

Abraham Bragança de Vasconcellos Weintraub is a Brazilian economist and professor. He is the Executive Director for Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago at the Executive Board of Directors of the World Bank Group and its Affiliates. Weintraub previously served as Minister of Education of Brazil and as investment banking executive at Banco Votorantim and is known for controversial actions of racism and mismanagement during his tenure as the head of the Ministry of Education.

Olena Yurievna Kravets is an actress, producer and television host from Ukraine.

Rebecca Boggs Roberts is an American journalist. She was one of the hosts of POTUS '08 on XM Radio, which offered live daily coverage of the 2008 presidential election. She served as a substitute host for Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition Sunday on National Public Radio.

Satsuki Nakayama is a Japanese model and actor who is known for their portrayal as Naki in Kamen Rider Zero-One and Shima Nishina in Kiss Him, Not Me. They started their modeling career as an exclusive model for the magazine Pichi Lemon and later became one of the standout models of Japan's genderless fashion subculture.

Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose is an Indian politician.He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India from Andhra Pradesh in the 2020 Rajyasabha elections as a member of the YSR Congress Party.