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Famous People Born on January 1(267 people)
Daria Trubnikova, Russian rhythmic gymnast
Azmy Qowimuramadhoni, Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player
Cristina Bucșa, Moldovan-Spanish tennis player
Noah Kahan, American singer-songwriter
Keegan Hipgrave, Australian rugby league player
Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality
Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player
LaMonte Wade Jr., American baseball player
Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player
Nathaniel Peteru, New Zealand rugby league player
Glen Rice Jr., American basketball player
Darius Slay, American football player
Xavier Su'a-Filo, American football player
Ali Maâloul, Tunisian football player
Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player
Dallas Keuchel, American baseball player
Gia Coppola, American director and screenwriter
Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player
Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
Fernando San Emeterio, Spanish basketball player
Michael Witt, Australian rugby league player
Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
Arilson Chiorato, Brazilian politician
Tank, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor
Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach
Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster
Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry
Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach
Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer and coach
Verne Troyer, American actor (died 2018)
Tawera Nikau, New Zealand rugby league player
Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
Tihomir Orešković, Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia
Milo Aukerman, American singer and songwriter
Jean-Marc Gounon, French racing driver
Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic
Sam Backo, Australian rugby league player (died 2025)
Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
Adrian Hall, English director and former actor
Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ
Dave Silk, American ice hockey player
Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
Royce Ayliffe, Australian rugby league player
Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (died 2011)
Martin Plaza, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter
LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player (died 2021)
Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (died 2012)
Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer (died 2025)
Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league player and coach
Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (died 2012)
Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician (died 2018)
Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey
Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
Claude Steele, American social psychologist and academic
Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland
Jimmy Jones, American basketball player
Barry Beath, Australian rugby league player
Jimmy Hart, American professional wrestling manager
Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2020)
Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (died 2013)
Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (died 2005)
Tony Knowles, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
Don Novello, American comedian, screenwriter and producer
Vladimir Šeks, Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician (died 2024)
Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast
Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian pilot and cosmonaut (died 2005)
Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman (died 2022)
Senfronia Thompson, American politician
Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022)
James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician (died 2024)
Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (died 1984)
Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat (died 2021)
Joe Orton, English dramatist (died 1967)
Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (died 1989)
Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (died 2012)
Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor and stuntman, portrayed Godzilla from 1954 to 1972 (died 2017)
Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (died 1984)
Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2007)
James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (died 1965)
Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Doak Walker, American football player and businessman (died 1998)
Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2008)
Matthew Beard, American child actor (died 1981)
Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (died 2005)
Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (died 1979)
Barbara Baxley, American actress (died 1990)
Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (died 2019)
Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist and composer (died 1999)
Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina (died 2019)
Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (died 1986)
César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic (died 1998)
Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (died 2013)
Johnny Logan, American basketball player (died 1977)
Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (died 2007)
Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (died 1990)
Carole Landis, American actress (died 1948)
Sheila Mercier, British actress, Emmerdale Farm (died 2019)
Bones McKinney, American basketball player (died 1997)
J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (died 2010)
Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2000)
Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (died 1997)
Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (died 2016)
Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent (died 1944)
Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (died 1995)
Kim Philby, British spy (died 1988)
Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (died 1991)
Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1971)
Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (died 1986)
Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (died 2012)
Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (died 1960)
Dana Andrews, American actor (died 1992)
Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (died 1959)
Peggy Dennis, American-Russian journalist, author, and activist (died 1993)
Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (died 1931)
Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor (died 1988)
Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (died 1981)
Lise Lindbæk, Norwegian journalist and war correspondent (died 1961)
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (died 1982)
Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1977)
Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident (died 1945)
Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat (died 1986)
Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1990)
Randolfo Pacciardi, centre-left Italian politician (died 1991)
J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 1972)
Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician (died 1974)
Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman (died 1970)
Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel (died 1940)
Heinie Miller, American football player and coach (died 1964)
Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist (died 1942)
Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (died 1958)
Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (died 1948)
Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (died 1969)
Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (died 1966)
Chesley Bonestell, American painter, designer, and illustrator (died 1986)
John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle (died 1974)
Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (died 1965)
Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (died 1945)
Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (died 1949)
William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1959)
Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician (died 1924)
E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (died 1970)
William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (died 1952)
Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (died 1929)
Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist (died 1937)
Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1944)
Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (died 1927)
Mary Acworth Evershed, English astronomer and scholar (died 1949)
Harry Coulby, American businessman (died 1929)
Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (died 1946)
Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (died 1937)
Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (died 1935)
Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor (died 1923)
Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter (died 1942)
Tim Keefe, American baseball player (died 1933)
James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic (died 1941)
Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (died 1940)
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic (died 1904)
John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (died 1924)
Ouida, English-Italian author and activist (died 1908)
Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (died 1908)
Robert Lawson, Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (died 1902)
Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (died 1849)
Arthur Hugh Clough, English-Italian poet and academic (died 1861)
George Foster Shepley, American general (died 1878)
William Gamble, Irish-born American general (died 1866)
Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king (died 1864)
George Bliss, American politician (died 1868)
Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist (died 1880)
Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (died 1853)
Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson (died 1874)
William Clowes, English publisher (died 1847)
André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (died 1860)
Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician (died 1821)
Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (died 1849)
Betsy Ross, American seamstress, sewed flags for the Pennsylvania Navy during the Revolutionary War (died 1836)
Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (died 1796)
Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (died 1818)
Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (died 1800)
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (died 1780)
Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (died 1749)
Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (died 1787)
Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (died 1748)
Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (died 1728)
Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (died 1692)
Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (died 1649)
Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (died 1606)
Henry, Duke of Cornwall, first-born child of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon (died 1511)
Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (died 1531)
Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (died 1548)
Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (died 1492)
Ali al-Ridha, 8th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (died 818)
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💰 Richest People Born on January 1
Net worth of notable people who share this birthday. Tap a name for the full breakdown, including inflation-adjusted figures for those no longer living.
Who Was Born on January 1?
Our records list 267 notable people born on January 1, with confirmed birth years spanning from 766 (Ali al-Ridha, 8th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (died 818)) to 2007 (Ian Subiabre, Argentine footballer). At least 267 of them have no recorded death year.
Most Common Fields for January 1 Births
The people in our list for this date are concentrated in a handful of fields:
- Athlete — 53 people
- Notable Figure — 49 people
- Politician — 38 people
- Actor — 27 people
- Writer — 19 people
- Political Leader — 15 people
January 1 is also the birthday of 693 people tracked in our net-worth data, led by Jeff Yass. See the full breakdown in the “Richest People Born on This Day” section above.
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