List of Famous people born on January 1st

Hubert Wolf is a German church historian and professor at the University of Münster. He was awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2003.

Yoshio Masui is a Japanese / Canadian cell biologist. Masui retired in 1997 and has since held the position of Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Kevin Burridge, is a retired Royal Air Force officer. A former Nimrod pilot, Burridge was in overall command of British forces under Operation Telic during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Steve "S. J." Watson is an English writer. He debuted in 2011 with the thriller novel Before I Go to Sleep. Rights to publish the book have been sold in 42 different countries around the world and it has continued to be an international bestseller.

Theodore P. Angelopoulos is a Greek shipping and steel magnate.

Nesrin Şamdereli is a Turkish-German screenwriter of Zaza origin and film director. She directed for the first time the film adaptation of her screenplay for Delicious (2004).