List of Famous people born on January 1st

David Holmes is a British former actor and stunt performer.

Holger Waldenberger is a German professional quiz player. He won the individual title in the European Quizzing Championships in 2012.

Jimmy Onishi is a Japanese painter and comedian. His real name is Hideaki Onishi , in which his given name is a combination of Hide (秀) from daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Aki (明) means "bright" which relates to the New Year celebrations and he is born in New Year's Day.

Alexander Pointner is the former head coach of Austria ski jumping team.

Mikiko Mizuno, known professionally as simply Mikiko or Mikikometal, is a Japanese dancer and choreographer. She is the director and principal choreographer of the high-tech dance troupe Elevenplay, and also works with performers such as Perfume, Sakura Gakuin, and Babymetal. She was a production consultant for Japan's cultural presentation at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Rachel Hollis is an American author, motivational speaker and blogger. Her first self-help book Girl, Wash Your Face—since its release in February 2018—has maintained a spot in the top 10 best-selling books in the country for seven months, held the top spot for 12 of those weeks and has sold more than 880,000 copies in the United States. It was the second-most popular book of 2018 on Amazon.com.

Aldona Zofia Wos is a Polish-American physician and politician who has served in various positions at several U.S. government agencies and nonprofit organizations. She was the United States Ambassador to Estonia from 2004 until early December 2006, the fifth U.S. ambassador since the country regained its independence in 1991. From 2013 until 2015, she was Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Since May 2017, Wos has served as vice-chairwoman of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships, which is tasked with reviewing candidates for White House fellowships.

Richard Tsai is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman. He and his brother Daniel Tsai run Fubon Financial Holding Co., founded by their father Tsai Wan-tsai. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, Richard Tsai was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.

Michael Stone is a British man who was convicted of the 1996 murders of Lin and Megan Russell and attempted murder of Josie Russell. Stone was sentenced to three life sentences with a tariff of 25 years.

Thomas Steffen is a German lawyer who has been serving as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health under Minister Jens Spahn in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2019. He previously served in various positions in the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF).