List of Famous people born on January 1st

Bonnie Arnold is an American film producer and executive who has worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Pixar and DreamWorks Animation. Arnold was born in Atlanta, Georgia and rose to prominence in Hollywood during the initial wave of computer-animation.

Ron Cowen is a writer and producer. He is a partner with Daniel Lipman in the television production company Cowlip Productions.

Seiji Ueda is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of minor planets. Between 1987 and 2000, Ueda discovered 705 asteroids.

David Colin Hanna FRS is a British physicist specializing in laser physics and nonlinear optics. He is emeritus professor of physics at the University of Southampton. His research interests include quasi-phase-matched nonlinear materials, optical parametric oscillators, fibre lasers, and X-ray sources based on high harmonic generation.

Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal is a Turkish human rights activist, Islamic feminist and columnist. She lectures in theology at Mardin Artuklu University.