List of Famous people born on January 1st

Mark Zak is a German actor, author and playwright. Since 1990 he has appeared in over a hundred German and international films, including The Tourist and Bridge of Spies.

Vera Molnár is a French media artist of Hungarian origin. She is considered to be a pioneer of computer art.

John Martin Scurti is an American actor.

Edward Joseph (Eddie) Friel was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1962. He is a B. Mus. Honours graduate who in 1986 started his professional career as a music teacher. After one year he decided to pursue his talents as a musician and composer in local piano bars at home as well as in Canada and Europe, where he travelled for a year. He has toured with Van Morrison as a piano player and features extensively on Van Morrison's album Hymns to the Silence.

Joseph W. “Joe” Pfeifer is a retired Assistant Chief of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and the founder of the department's Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness (CTDP). He was also a first responder and survivor of the September 11 attacks, and the first senior fire chief on site and responded to the World Trade Center on that day.