List of Famous people born on January 1st

Patricia "Pat" Annette Smith is an American founder and spokesperson of Treasure You, ex-wife of comedian Martin Lawrence and the wife of former Dallas Cowboys running back and Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith. The former beauty queen from Chesapeake, Virginia is a James Madison University journalism graduate who won the Miss Virginia USA crown in late 1993. Representing Virginia in the Miss USA 1994 pageant, Southall placed first runner-up to Lu Parker of South Carolina.

Romy Haag is a Dutch dancer, singer, actress and former nightclub manager.

Kevin Francis Herbert Maxwell is a British businessman. In the 1990s, Maxwell was charged with and acquitted of financial crimes related to the business practices of his father, publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell. He is co-founder of the thinktank Combatting Jihadist Terrorism.

William Abadie is an actor best known for his roles in recent television series such as Gossip Girl (2007–2009), Chuck (2008), Homeland (2013), Person of Interest (2014), Gotham (2016) and Emily in Paris (2020).

Kathryn A. Garcia is the former commissioner for the New York City Sanitation Department. Previously, she served as Interim Chair and CEO of the New York City Housing Authority and was appointed Food Czar for New York's emergency food program during the COVID-19 emergency response.

Yumi Ishikawa is a Japanese actress, model, writer and opinion leader. She is a founder of the KuToo movement. In 2019, she was included on the BBC's 100 Women list.

Hans von Storch is a German climate scientist. He is a Professor at the Meteorological Institute of the University of Hamburg, and Director of the Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Research Centre in Geesthacht, Germany. He is a member of the advisory boards of the journals Journal of Climate and Annals of Geophysics.

Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, usually referred to as Dr. P. K. Mahanandia, is an Indian-born Swedish artist famous for his journey by a second hand bicycle from New Delhi to Gothenburg in 1977 to meet the love of his life, Charlotte Von Schedvin.

Ulrike Beate Guérot is a Berlin-based German political thinker and Founder and Director of the European Democracy Lab (EDL). In April 2016, Danube University Krems appointed Ulrike Guérot as Professor for European Policy and the Study of Democracy. She is the head of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy.

Catherine Austin Fitts is an American investment banker and former public official who served as managing director of Dillon, Read & Co. and as United States Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing during the Presidency of George H.W. Bush. She has widely written and commented on the subject of public spending and has alleged several large scale instances of government fraud.