List of Famous people born on January 1st

Augusto M. Seabra has been a music and cinema critic since 1977. He writes many articles to the Portuguese newspaper Público. And he has been a regular presence in a lot of film festivals such as Cannes, San Sebastian and Turin. He was president of Saldanha Cultural Association and director of programme of Monumental Festivals 1995 and 1996. He has also been responsible for a lot of cinema cycles such as Riscos from Doclisboa, since 2007. Augusto was a music consultant in Seixas Santos movie E o tempo passa. He was also commissioner of OrquestrUtópica concerts - “Metropolis – Música e Política” e “BMC – NYC, Black Mountain College – New York City”.

Bi Jingquan is a Chinese politician who was director of the China Food and Drug Administration from 2015 to 2018. After the office was merged into the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) in March 2018, he has was the party secretary of SAMR. He was formerly a deputy secretary-general of the State Council and vice-president of the China Consumer Association.