Famous People Born on January 1

Thomas the Apostle

Religion

Paul the Apostle

Literature

Philip the Apostle

Religion

John the Apostle

Religion

Matthew the Apostle

Religion

Pope Linus

Religion

John the Evangelist

Literature

Pliny the Elder

Literature

Herod Agrippa II

Politics

Boudica

Royalty

Quintilian

Literature

Plutarch

Literature

Pedanius Dioscorides

Science

Pope Sixtus I

Religion

Epictetus

Philosophy

Juvenal

Literature

Tacitus

Politics

Pliny the Younger

Politics

Pope Anicetus

Religion

Kanishka

Politics

Emperor Seimu

Royalty

Marcion of Sinope

Religion

Arrian

Literature

Ptolemy

Literature

Clement I

Philosophy

Justin Martyr

Religion

Longinus

Religion

Joseph of Arimathea

Religion

Apuleius

Science

Irenaeus

Religion

Nagarjuna

Philosophy

Clement of Alexandria

Philosophy

Cao Cao

Military

Tertullian

Philosophy

Liu Bei

Politics

Guan Yu

Military

Hippolytus of Rome

Religion

Maximinus Thrax

Politics

Balbinus

Politics

Sima Yi

Politics

Diogenes Laërtius

Literature

Ardashir I

Politics

Zhuge Liang

Science

Origen

Philosophy

Marcus Claudius Tacitus

Politics

Valerian

Politics

Pope Lucius I

Religion

Saint Cecilia

Religion

Cyprian

Religion

Pope Fabian

Religion

Decius

Politics

Plotinus

Philosophy

Aemilianus

Politics

Hostilian

Royalty

Philip II

Politics

Zenobia

Royalty

Maximian

Politics

Galerius

Royalty

Tetricus I

Royalty

Martinianus

Royalty

Pope Alexander I of Alexandria

Religion

Anthony the Great

Religion

Gregory the Illuminator

Religion

Arius

Religion

Licinius

Politics

Eusebius

Religion

Saint Pantaleon

Religion

Maxentius

Politics

Catherine of Alexandria

Religion

Nintoku

Royalty

Vitus

Religion

Pope Mark

Religion

Agnes of Rome

Religion

Pachomius the Great

Religion

Saint Nino

Religion

Valerius Valens

Royalty

Pope Sylvester I

Religion

Saint Blaise

Religion

Saint Sebastian

Religion

Saint Christopher

Religion

Valerius Severus

Politics

Volusianus

Politics

Demetrius of Thessaloniki

Religion

Erasmus of Formia

Religion

Theodore of Amasea

Religion

Pope Damasus I

Religion

Ephrem the Syrian

Religion

Ulfilas

Religion

Martin of Tours

Religion

Constans

Politics

Valens

Politics

Gregory of Nazianzus

Royalty

Basil of Caesarea

Science

Ammianus Marcellinus

Literature

Pope Siricius

Religion

John Chrysostom

Royalty

Hypatia

Science

Mesrop Mashtots

Science

Cyril of Alexandria

Science

Arcadius

Politics

Nestorius

Science

Gaiseric

Politics

Pope Leo I

Religion

Flavius Aetius

Military

Marcian

Politics

Saint Ursula

Religion

Leo I the Thracian

Politics

Merovech

Politics

Majorian

Royalty

Anastasius I Dicorus

Politics

Julius Nepos

Politics

Odoacer

Politics

Childeric I

Politics

Justin I

Politics

Romulus Augustulus

Military

Clovis I

Politics

Pope John II

Religion

Dionysius Exiguus

Religion

Aryabhata

Science

Boethius

Science

Bodhidharma

Philosophy

Buretsu

Royalty

Abd al-Muttalib

Religion

Theodora

Religion

Khosrow I

Politics

Pope Pelagius II

Religion

Maurice

Politics

Phocas

Politics

Khadija bint Khuwaylid

Business

Salman the Persian

Religion

Uthman ibn Affan

Politics

Heraclius

Politics

Pope Boniface V

Religion

Umar

Politics

Khalid ibn al-Walid

Military

Zaynab bint Jahsh

Religion

Zubayr ibn al-Awam

Politics

Kōtoku

Royalty

Bahram Chobin

Royalty

Xuanzang

Exploration

Hafsa bint Umar

Religion

Muawiyah I

Politics

Pope Leo II

Religion

Heraklonas

Politics

Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr

Religion

Pope Conon

Religion

Tenmu

Royalty

Pope Benedict II

Religion

Pope John V

Religion

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

Politics

Pope Sisinnius

Religion

Pope Sergius I

Religion

Pope John VII

Religion

Leontius

Royalty

Al-Walid I

Politics

Justinian II

Politics

John of Damascus

Music

Leo III the Isaurian

Politics

Pope Zachary

Religion

Saint Boniface

Religion

Roderic

Politics

Anastasios II

Royalty

Pope-elect Stephen

Religion

Pope Adrian I

Religion

Philippikos Bardanes

Politics

Pope Paul I

Religion

Tiberius III

Politics

Malik ibn Anas

Religion

Du Fu

Literature

Childeric III

Politics

Padmasambhava

Philosophy

Jabir ibn Hayyan

Science

Abd ar-Rahman I

Royalty

Roland

Military

Emperor Kanmu

Royalty

Nikephoros I

Royalty

Irene of Athens

Politics

Abu Nuwas

Literature

Staurakios

Politics

Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

Science

Lothair I

Politics

Al-Kindi

Science

Abbas ibn Firnas

Science

Basil I

Politics

Theophilos

Royalty

Theodora

Religion

Al-Tirmidhi

Religion

Rurik

Politics

Æthelberht

Royalty

Æthelred I, King of Wessex

Politics

Al-Tabari

Philosophy

Alfred the Great

Politics

Harald Fairhair

Politics

Arnulf of Carinthia

Politics

Alfonso III of Asturias

Royalty

Mansur Al-Hallaj

Literature

Al-Battani

Science

Simeon I of Bulgaria

Politics

Abu Bakr al-Razi

Science

Carloman II

Politics

Farabi

Science

Romanos I Lekapenos

Royalty

Æthelstan

Politics

Al-Masudi

Literature

Oleg of Novgorod

Politics

William Longsword

Politics

Harald Bluetooth

Politics

John I Tzimiskes

Royalty

Harald Greycloak

Politics

Al-Zahrawi

Science

John XII

Royalty

Romanos II

Royalty

Hugh Capet

Politics

Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

Politics

Basil II

Politics

Vladimir the Great

Religion

Konstantinos VIII

Royalty

Edward the Martyr

Politics

Olaf Tryggvason

Politics

Ibn al-Haytham

Science

Sancho III of Navarre

Royalty

Stephen I of Hungary

Politics

Murasaki Shikibu

Literature

Zoë Porphyrogenita

Politics

Avicenna

Literature

Otto III

Royalty

Theodora Porphyrogenita

Politics

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

Politics

Michael VI Bringas

Royalty

Thorfinn Karlsefni

Exploration

Pope Stephen IX

Religion

Constantine IX Monomachos

Politics

Michael I Cerularius

Royalty

Macbeth, King of Scotland

Politics

Konstantinos X Doukas

Royalty

Harald III of Norway

Royalty

Michael V Kalaphates

Politics

Ferdinand I of León and Castile

Royalty

Robert Guiscard

Royalty

Nizam al-Mulk

Politics

Pope Gregory VII

Religion

Magnus the Good

Politics

Mahmud al-Kashgari

Science

Romanos IV Diogenes

Politics

Sancho II of León and Castile

Royalty

Sancho Ramírez

Royalty

El Cid

Royalty

Alexios I Komnenos

Politics

Malik-Shah I

Politics

Al-Ghazali

Literature

Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Politics

Baldwin II of Jerusalem

Royalty

Godfrey of Bouillon

Politics

Pope Callixtus II

Religion

Henry I of England

Politics

Alphonse I of Aragon

Royalty

Magnus Barefoot

Politics

Peter Abelard

Music

Ramiro II of Aragon

Royalty

Imad ad-Din Zengi

Politics

Bernard of Clairvaux

Religion

Conrad III of Germany

Politics

Hildegard of Bingen

Music

Muhammad al-Idrisi

Science

Héloïse

Literature

Matilda of Boulogne

Politics

Enrico Dandolo

Politics

Ibn Tufail

Philosophy

Stefan Nemanja

Royalty

Louis VII of France

Politics

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Royalty

Sancho III of Castile

Royalty

Yesugei

Politics

Amalric of Jerusalem

Politics

Nizami Ganjavi

Literature

Pope Honorius III

Religion

Guy of Lusignan

Politics

Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat

Politics

Pope Gregory IX

Religion

Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem

Politics

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

Politics

Tamar of Georgia

Politics

Saint Sava

Religion

Fibonacci

Science

Shota Rustaveli

Literature

Theodore I Laskaris

Royalty

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Politics

Andrew II of Hungary

Politics

Peter II of Aragon

Royalty

Al-Kamil

Royalty

Shams Tabrizi

Literature

Ertuğrul

Politics

Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu

Politics

Albertus Magnus

Science

Manco Capac

Royalty

Haakon IV of Norway

Politics

Razia Sultana

Royalty

Batu Khan

Politics

Berke

Politics

Pope Gregory X

Religion

Violant of Hungary

Royalty

Pope Nicholas III

Religion

Abel, King of Denmark

Politics

Roger Bacon

Science

Theodore II Laskaris

Politics

Michael VIII Palaiologos

Politics

Thomas Aquinas

Literature

Pope Innocent V

Religion

Ottokar II of Bohemia

Politics

Pope Benedict XI

Religion

Cimabue

Art

Pope John XXII

Religion

John IV Laskaris

Royalty

Amir Khusrau

Music

Stefan Milutin

Royalty

Duccio

Art

Meister Eckhart

Philosophy

Dante Alighieri

Politics

Giotto

Art

Gediminas

Politics

Musa I of Mali

Politics

Öz Beg Khan

Royalty

Simone Martini

Art

William of Ockham

Science

Charles I of Hungary

Politics

Pope Clement VI

Religion

Philip V of France

Royalty

Saint Roch

Religion

Jean Buridan

Philosophy

Guillaume de Machaut

Literature

Bridget of Sweden

Religion

Pope Urban V

Religion

Giovanni Boccaccio

Literature

Empress Gi

Politics

Hafez

Literature

Lazar of Serbia

Politics

Mamai

Royalty

Haakon VI of Norway

Royalty

Geoffrey Chaucer

Politics

John of Nepomuk

Religion

Margaret I of Denmark

Politics

Martin of Aragon

Royalty

Andrei Rublev

Art

Władysław II Jagiełło

Politics

Jan Hus

Activism

Pope Martin V

Religion

Antipope John XXIII

Religion

Isabeau of Bavaria

Religion

Zheng He

Exploration

Filippo Brunelleschi

Art

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Art

Rita of Cascia

Religion

Eric of Pomerania

Exploration

Pope Eugene IV

Religion

Donatello

Art

Jan van Eyck

Art

Fra Angelico

Art

Johannes Gutenberg

Science

Filippo Lippi

Art

John Hunyadi

Politics

Piero della Francesca

Art

Giovanni Bellini

Art

Andrea Mantegna

Art

Vlad the Impaler

Royalty

Pope Alexander VI

Religion

Hans Memling

Art

Donato Bramante

Art

Sandro Botticelli

Art

Lorenzo de' Medici

Politics

Hieronymus Bosch

Art

Bartolomeu Dias

Exploration

Josquin des Prez

Music

Christopher Columbus

Science

Muhammad XII of Granada

Politics

Moctezuma II

Politics

Sigismund I the Old

Politics

Piri Reis

Science

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Exploration

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

Politics

Giorgione

Art

Hafsa Sultan

Politics

Matthias Grünewald

Art

Huldrych Zwingli

Religion

Hernán Cortés

Exploration

Titian

Art

Lapu-Lapu

Politics

Cuauhtémoc

Royalty

Hatice Sultan

Politics

Hans Holbein the Younger

Art

Mary Boleyn

Religion

François Rabelais

Literature

Pope Gregory XIII

Religion

George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford

Politics

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha

Politics

Jane Seymour

Religion

Jacopo Tintoretto

Art

Catherine Howard

Religion

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Music

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Art

Nurbanu Sultan

Religion

Şehzade Bayezid

Politics

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Art

Paolo Veronese

Art

Francis Drake

Politics

Hattori Hanzō

Military

Giordano Bruno

Literature

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Music

Safiye Sultan

Politics

Willem Barentsz

Exploration

Boris Godunov

Politics

Michael the Brave

Royalty

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Art

Hans Lippershey

Science

John Donne

Politics

Frans Hals

Art

Pocahontas

Politics

Claude Lorrain

Art

Pierre de Fermat

Science

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan

Military

Turhan Hatice Sultan

Politics

Jacob van Ruisdael

Art

Matsuo Bashō

Literature

Antonio Stradivari

Art

Daniel Defoe

Literature

Blackbeard

Exploration

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Philosophy

Hyder Ali

Politics

Utagawa Hiroshige

Art

Sándor Petőfi

Film

Sitting Bull

Politics

Pierre de Coubertin

Politics

George Washington Carver

Science

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Politics

Wilhelm Canaris

Military

Satyendra Nath Bose

Science

Amin al-Husseini

Politics

Thích Quảng Đức

Activism

Albert Lutuli

Politics

Stepan Bandera

Politics

Siad Barre

Politics

J. D. Salinger

Literature

Idi Amin

Politics

Ahmed Yassin

Religion

Omar al-Bashir

Politics

Rivelino

Sports

Christine Lagarde

Sports

Davor Šuker

Sports

Lilian Thuram

Sports

Banksy

Art

Jack Wilshere

Sports

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Religion

Zayd ibn Harithah

Religion

Brahmagupta

Science

Abd Allah ibn Abbas

Religion

Ivar the Boneless

Politics

Halime Sultan

Politics

Elena Ferrante

Literature