List of Famous people born on January 1st

Keith "K. K." Barrett is an American production designer known for his work on feature films by Spike Jonze and Sofia Coppola, among others.

Sam Hecht, born in London 1969, British industrial designer. Sam Hecht and Kim Colin are retained designers of Muji.

George Thomas Dave is an American businessman who is the founder and CEO of the kombucha company GT’s Living Foods. In the late 1990s, he was the first to put kombucha on store shelves and his company currently owns 40% of the U.S. kombucha market.

Jeremiah S. Chechik is the director of such films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Benny & Joon, Diabolique and The Avengers.

Francis M. Carroll is an American figure skating coach and former competitive skater. He has coached three skaters to win the World Figure Skating Championships: Linda Fratianne, Michelle Kwan, and Evan Lysacek. His pupil, Evan Lysacek won the men's Olympic gold medal in 2010 at Vancouver.

Lisa Lassek is an American film and television editor. In addition to her editing career, her credits include her role as an associate producer for the television series Firefly. She edited episodes for the sixth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, served as an assistant editor for Angel, and has edited various episodes of Firefly. Lassek is a frequent collaborator of Joss Whedon, having edited his first feature-length film Serenity and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron. She has also collaborated with Drew Goddard, having edited his films The Cabin in the Woods and Bad Times at the El Royale.