List of Famous people born on January 1st
Catherine Graciet
Catherine Graciet is a French journalist known for her work on the finance and geopolitics of the oil business, and for her work on Morocco and its government.
Steve Brown
Steve Brown is a British composer, lyricist, record producer and arranger.
Roosevelt Roberts
Roosevelt Alexander Roberts is an American mixed martial artist (MMA) who currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Ed Bye
Edward Richard Morrison Bye is a British film and TV producer and director.
Henry Nicholas
Henry Thompson "Nick" Nicholas III was a co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, and is a former co-chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of the company. He is also a philanthropist and leader of the victim's rights movement.
Charlie N. Holmberg
Charlie Nicholes Holmberg is an American fantasy author best known for The Paper Magician series. She is from Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in English in 2010. Her first novel, The Paper Magician, was released in 2014. Holmberg expanded the book into a series, the film rights for which were purchased by Disney in 2016. In addition to her other book series, Holmberg has published five standalone novels. One of these, The Fifth Doll, won the 2017 Whitney Award for Speculative Fiction. Many of her other works have been nominated for literary awards as well. In addition to writing, Holmberg is on the board of directors of a speculative fiction magazine, hosts the podcast Your Mom Writes Books, and maintains a blog called "Myself as Written".
James Metcalf
James "JJ" Metcalf is an English professional boxer who has held the Commonwealth super-welterweight title since 2019. He is the son of former boxer Shea Neary.
Alp Yalman
Alp Yalman is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.
Donie O'Sullivan
Donie O'Sullivan is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Spa club and at senior level for the Kerry county team between 1962 and 1975. He was the recipient of Kerry's first All Star Award in 1971, a feat he repeated in 1972. In 2019, he was inducted into Munster GAA's "hall of fame".
Dave Kindred
Dave Kindred is an American sportswriter.