List of Famous people born on January 1st

Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir is an Icelandic model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Iceland 2019. She represented Iceland at Miss Universe 2019, where she placed in the top 10.

Matthew Warren Heimbach is an American white nationalist and Neo-Nazi who tried to form alliances with other groups of the "far right". In 2018, Heimbach briefly served as community outreach director for the National Socialist Movement (NSM). He founded the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP), which ceased operation in March 2018 when he was arrested for assaulting Matt Parrott, a co-founder and his father-in-law, in the course of Heimbach's pursuit of a sexual affair with his mother-in-law.

Ahmet Ümit is a Turkish author and poet. He is best known for his crime novels.

Vincent Tseng Wen-sheng is a Taiwanese politician.

Isaac Nnamdi Okoro is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers. Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 225 pounds (102 kg), he plays the small forward position.

Yip Wing-sie is a Hong Kong musician.

Brendan James Penny is a Canadian film and television actor who first became well known to TV audiences as A.J. Varland in the first season of Whistler that aired in Canada from 2006 to 2008. He is perhaps best known as Detective Brian Lucas in Motive, a Canadian crime drama centred on a team of Vancouver homicide detectives, also starring Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira and Lauren Holly, which aired from 2013 to 2016. Brendan currently stars as Kevin O'Brien in the Hallmark Channel family drama series Chesapeake Shores, which premiered on August 14, 2016. He has also been the hero of a number of Hallmark originals.

Jared Butler is an American college basketball player for the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference.

Naomi Hosokawa is a Japanese actress and singer.

Ahmet Nur Çebi is a Turkish businessman and current club president of Turkish multi-disciplined sports club Beşiktaş J.K..