List of Famous people born on January 1st

Arun Krishnamurthy is an Indian environmental activist who has initiated the campaign of cleaning various lakes across India. He is known for founding the NGO, Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) 2011 based in Chennai which has its branches in other cities such as Hyderabad, Delhi and Coimbatore. Arun with the organisation has been successful in cleaning at least 39 lakes in the country and having worked in Google before quitting the job to dedicate voluntarily. He was chosen as among the five people for prestigious Rolex Awards for Enterprise award in 2012 for scientific lake restoration in Chennai.

Haarsh Limbachiyaa is an Indian screenwriter, producer and television personality. He has written the shows Comedy Circus Ke Tansen, Comedy Nights Bachao and Comedy Nights Live. Limbachiyaa also wrote Dialogues for the film PM Narendra Modi and lyrics for the title-track of the film Malang. He has also created, produced and hosted Khatra Khatra Khatra and Hum Tum Aur Quarantine. He hosted the show India's Best Dancer along with his wife Bharti Singh.

Akira Neo is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Chunichi Dragons.

Nagihan Karadere is a Turkish short-distance and hurdles runner. She is the first and only female athlete to run under 56sec in the 400m hurdles. Turkey's record rating in the 400m hurdles is 55.09 seconds. He competed in the Olympics, passing the a threshold at the 2012 London Olympics.Türk Sporcular 2012 Londra Olimpiyatlarında |title=Sporcular/Atletizm-Nagehan Karadere |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801202553/http://gsb.gov.tr/londra2012/site/sporcular.asp?nameid=367 |archivedate=2012-08-01 }}</ref>

Ngô Đình Cẩn was a younger brother and confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and an important member of the Diệm government. Diệm put Cẩn in charge of central Vietnam, stretching from Phan Thiết in the south to the border at the 17th parallel, with Cẩn ruling the region as a virtual dictator. Based in the former imperial capital of Huế, Cẩn operated private armies and secret police that controlled the central region and earned himself a reputation as the most oppressive of the Ngô brothers.

Anna Brewster is an English actress and model.

Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017, Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee, Rex Tillerson, was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee, John J. Sullivan.

Korkut Eken is a former Turkish military officer and National Intelligence Organization agent. He became involved in the Susurluk scandal in Turkey after some of his subordinates, notably Ayhan Çarkın, were convicted of extrajudicial killings. In 2001, among the first convictions arising from the scandal, Eken was found guilty of establishing and managing a criminal gang with the aim of "creating panic in society" and sentenced to six years in prison.

Paloma Roberta Silva Santos, better known by her stage name MC Loma, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, who achieved national success in 2018 with the hit "Envolvimento", The hit reached first place on Spotify's top 50 list and reached more than 200 million views on YouTube.

Mustafa Varank is currently the Minister of Industry and Technology in the Republic of Turkey.