List of Famous people born on January 1st

Helen Ukpabio is the founder and head of African Evangelical franchise Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries based in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. She is widely accused of causing widespread harassment, torture and violent deaths of children accused of witchcraft.

Michael Mina is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He is the founder of the Mina Group, a restaurant management company operating over 40 restaurants worldwide. He is the executive chef at his two namesake restaurants in San Francisco and Las Vegas, which each have earned a star in the Michelin Guide. He authored his first cookbook in 2006 and has made numerous television appearances.

Pandit Niladri Kumar is an Indian sitar player and music composer.

Fatih Altaylı is a Turkish journalist, columnist, television presenter and media executive.

Russell Goldencloud Weiner is an American businessman and political fundraiser.

Eoghan Harris is an Irish journalist, playwright, director, columnist and politician. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern nominated him to Seanad Éireann in 2007, where he served until 2011.

Ashvin Kumar is India's youngest Oscar-nominated and two-time national award-winning filmmaker, who has written, directed and produced a wide range of films, including India's only Oscar nominated short film Little Terrorist (2004), documentary Inshallah, Kashmir (2012) and Inshallah Football (2010); feature-length thriller The Forest (2012); coming-of-age tale Dazed in Doon (2010) and his debut film Road to Ladakh (2004) starring Irrfan Khan.

Sudhir Chaudhary, also called Sudhir Kumar Gautam, is an Indian teacher who is fan of the Indian cricket team and Sachin Tendulkar. He is widely recognised for attending every home match the Indian team has played since 2007. For some overseas tours, he also collects funds from the cricket loving public. He is usually seen in stadium with his body painted in the national colours of India, waving the national flag in the live telecast of the matches.

Patric Gösta "Horny" Hörnqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League. He has also played for the Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Timothy Campbell, MBE is an English businessman best known as the winner of the first series of the British version of The Apprentice, a BBC TV reality show in which contestants battle to win a £100,000-a-year job working for businessman Alan Sugar. Campbell, a Middlesex University graduate in psychology, worked as a Senior Planner within the Strategy and Service Development directorate of London Underground before applying to appear on the show.