List of Famous people born on January 1st

Rowan Woods is an Australian film and television director, actor and screenwriter.

Mark Tansey is an American painter.

Robert Harmon is an American film and television director. He is best known for the 1986 horror film The Hitcher, starring Rutger Hauer, as well as for films like They and Nowhere to Run.

Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko is a French production designer and art director. He is a César Award winner and 6 times nominee.

Leonel Mário d'Alva is a São Toméan politician. He served as Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 21 December 1974 until 12 July 1975, when the country gained independence from Portugal.

Jean-Pol Fargeau is a French screenwriter and frequent collaborator of director Claire Denis. With Denis, he co-wrote Chocolat (1988), Beau Travail (1999), and 35 Shots of Rum (2008), Bastards (2013) and Denis' first English-language film, High Life (2018). As of 2019, the two had made ten films together. In a 2013 interview, Fargeau said of their collaboration, “It’s very strange, this partnership and relationship — we are like brother and sister,” albeit unusually free of strife for siblings. They work together based in Paris.

Mike Baron is an American comic book writer. He is the creator of Badger and the co-creator of Nexus with Steve Rude.