List of Famous people born on January 1st

Jennifer Kent is an Australian actress, writer and director, best known for her directorial debut, the horror film The Babadook (2014). Her second film, The Nightingale (2018), premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and was released in the United States on August 2, 2019.

Ian C. Read is a Scottish-born American business executive, a chartered accountant, serving as executive chairman of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. He was succeeded as CEO by Albert Bourla on 1 January 2019, becoming executive chairman.

Ian Barry Mune is a New Zealand character actor, director, and screenwriter. His screen acting career spans four decades and more than 50 roles. His work as a film director includes hit comedy Came a Hot Friday, an adaptation of classic New Zealand play The End of the Golden Weather, and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were Warriors.

Ian Baker is an Australian cinematographer.

Luc Ayang is a Cameroonian politician who served as 3rd Prime Minister of Cameroon from 1983 to 1984. He has been President of the Economic and Social Council of Cameroon since 1984.

Lucio Godoy is a Spanish-Argentinian film composer & music producer.