List of Famous people born on January 1st

Evelina Borea is an Italian art historian, author and curator. She obtained a degree in History of Art in 1958 at the University of Florence. Her tutor and mentor was art historian Roberto Longhi.

Huang Xiaojing is a politician of the People's Republic of China and a former governor of Fujian Province.

Jacob Franklin "Frank" Mentzer III is an American fantasy author and game designer who worked on early materials for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game. He was an employee of TSR, Inc. from 1980 to 1986, spending part of that time as Creative Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, Gary Gygax. He also founded the Role-Playing Games Association (RPGA) during his time with TSR.

Gary Barber is a South African-born American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is also co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment.

Geoffrey Sax is a British film and television director, who has worked on a variety of drama productions in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer and Voyager scientist at JPL, and expert in spacecraft optical navigation techniques. He has discovered several natural satellites of outer Solar System planets such as Metis, Puck, Larissa (recovered), Cressida, Thebe and Proteus.