List of Famous people born on January 1st

Nick Raskulinecz is an American record producer. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ingo Niermann is a German novelist, writer, and artist.

Axel Scheffler is a German illustrator and animator based in London. He is best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, in particular The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, written by Julia Donaldson. He has also authored/illustrated the Pip and Posy series of books for children.

Richard Ulrich is a German board game designer. Many of his games have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres, a German games award.

Wayne Kramer is a filmmaker and storyboard artist. Kramer has written and directed films such as the 2003 film The Cooler, which garnered an Oscar nomination for its star Alec Baldwin, as well as two Golden Globe nominations for Baldwin and Maria Bello. He also adapted his 1995 short film "Crossing Over" into a feature-length version which starred Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd and Jim Sturgess, and was released by the Weinstein Company in 2009. He also wrote the screenplay for the film Mindhunters, but the final script was heavily rewritten by others and bore little resemblance to Kramer's original work.

Robert Timothy Dowling is an American journalist and author who writes a weekly column in The Guardian about his life with his family in London.

Thomas "Tom" Secunda is an American business executive, best known as one of the original four co-founders of Bloomberg L.P. and current vice chairman of the company's board. He has signed Giving Pledge which commits him to donating the majority of his wealth to charity.