List of Famous people born on January 1st

Dr. Maciej Konacki is a Polish astronomer, notable for his tentative discovery of HD 188753 Ab, a possible planet discovered in a three star system. The planet would be similar to Jupiter.

Claus Bjørn Larsen is a Danish press photographer, now working as a freelance. He gained special recognition in 2000 when he won the World Press Photo of the Year competition for his work in Kosovo.

Jim Gillespie is a Scottish film director. His directing work includes I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), D-Tox (2002), and Venom (2005).

Craig Zisk is an American director and producer.

Daniel London is an American actor, best known for his roles in Patch Adams, Rent and Old Joy.

Brian Berdan is a film editor with several high-grossing films to his name. He was born in Michigan and earned his glider pilot's licence on December 12, 1992. Graduating from UC Berkeley in 1984, Berdan started his career with a job sweeping floors at Studio C, in San Francisco, then moved on to Lucasfilm in the post production division. From there, he began his freelance editing career as an apprentice editor on David Lynch's Blue Velvet. He also trained on Peter Bogdanovich's Noises Off and Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth. It was Stone who gave Berdan his first credit as Editor on the manic and controversial Natural Born Killers. He continued working with Stone on Nixon and U Turn. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.