List of Famous people born on January 1st

Jane Anderson is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and director. She wrote and directed the feature film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005), and wrote the Nicolas Cage film It Could Happen to You (1994). She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014).

Geoffrey "Jeff" Madrigali is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Jim Barton and Kent Massey.

Dilin Nair, better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, TV personality and music composer associated with Hindi and Punjabi music.

Ananth Vaidyanathan is an Indian singing trainer, who is popular for his appearances on reality singing television shows. He is often regarded as India's leading voice expert. He has also worked on few films as an actor and as a playback singer.

Amber Faye McReynolds is an American election administration expert who is a member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. McReynolds is the chief executive of the National Vote at Home Institute, which supports the expansion of postal voting in the United States.

Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is an Emirati politician and royalty. He is the ruler’s representative in the western region of Abu Dhabi or the mayor of the region.

George Bell is the tallest man in the United States at 7 feet 8 inches (234 cm) as recognized by Guinness World Records. He lost the title when Igor Vovkovinskiy was declared the tallest living man in the United States in 2010 at 7 feet 8.33 inches (235 cm). He was a deputy sheriff in Norfolk, Virginia, he played college basketball at Morris Brown College, Biola University with the Harlem Wizards and Harlem Globetrotters show teams.

Richard Douglas Hurst is an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard as well as The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! in 1997 and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood in 2000.

Kavya Thapar is an Indian film actress and model.

Charles Jackson French was a United States Navy sailor. He had first enlisted in the navy in 1937 and had completed his enlistment, moving to Omaha, Nebraska where he had family. With the attack on Pearl Harbor, French went to the closest recruitment office, and on December 19, 1941, re-enlisted in the United States Navy.