Born on January 1
Famous people born on January 1, ranked by how much they are searched right now.
Braj Mohan Ram
Born 1958
Braj Mohan Ram is an Indian politician who has served as the Governor of Odisha since 18 October 2026. President Droupadi Murmu appointed him to the office on 12 October 2026, and he succeeded Kambhampati Hari Babu.
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Nana Patekar
Born 1951
Vishwanath Patekar, better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor and filmmaker, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in Indian cinema, Patekar is recipient of three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, two Maharashtra State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards Marathi respectively for his acting performances. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts.
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Pope Alexander VI
Born 1431
Head of the Catholic Church from 1492 to 1503
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Jack Wilshere
Born 1992
English association football player (born 1992)
Patrick Carrigan
Born 1998
Patrick Carrigan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a ball-playing lock or prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2025 NRL Grand Final. He also represents Australia at international level.
Gianluca Scamacca
Born 1999
Italian association football player
Tyler Higbee
Born 1993
Tyler Higbee is an American professional football tight end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and was selected by the Rams in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft. With the retirement of Rob Havenstein in February 2026, Higbee is currently the longest-tenured player on the Rams' roster.
Huldrych Zwingli
Born 1484
Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484–1531)
Alassane Ouattara
Born 1942
President of Ivory Coast since 2010
David Nalbandian
Born 1982
Argentine tennis player (1982-)
Sifan Hassan
Born 1993
Ethiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner
Ivica Dačić
Born 1966
Serbian politician (born 1966)
Arcadius
Born 377
Roman emperor from 383 to 408
Rivellino
Born 1946
Brazilian association football player and manager
Vidya Balan
Born 1979
Indian film actress
Sardar Azmoun
Born 1995
Iranian association football player
Cole Perfetti
Born 2002
Cole Perfetti is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected tenth overall by the Jets in the 2020 NHL entry draft.
Hamza Abdelkarim
Born 2008
Hamza Mohamed Abdelkarim Elsayed Selim is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and the Egypt national team.
Mahmoud Dahoud
Born 1996
German-Syrian association football player (born 1996)
Azali Assoumani
Born 1959
President of Comoros
Brian Kernighan
Born 1942
Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system
Kim Ghattas
Born 1977
Kim Ghattas is a Lebanese journalist based in Beirut who writes for The Atlantic. Previously, she covered the US State Department for the BBC. She is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the author of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, which The New York Times recognized as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020." She is currently a writer for The Atlantic and a contri...
Noah Kahan
Born 1997
Noah Berkenkamp Kahan is an American singer-songwriter. His breakthrough single, "Hurt Somebody", achieved gold status in the United States and charted in multiple international markets. The single and EP of the same name preceded the release of his debut album, Busyhead (2019). Within five years, two more albums came out: I Was / I Am (2021) and Stick Season (2022), the latter became his mainstream commercial breakthrough. It led to his nomination in 2023 for the Grammy Award for Best New Ar...
Andreas Pereira
Born 1996
Brazilian-Belgian association football player