List of Famous people born on January 1st

Çekdar Orhan is a Turkish football player who plays as a forward for Giresunspor in the Süper Lig.

Clive Wood is an English actor, known for his television roles in Press Gang (1989–93), The Bill (1990), London's Burning (1996–99), and as King Henry I in The Pillars of the Earth (2010). His stage roles include playing Stephano in The Tempest at Shakespeare's Globe (2011) and Antony in Antony and Cleopatra at the Haymarket (2014). His film appearances include The Innocent (1985), Buster (1988) and Suffragette (2015).

Namık Gedik (1911–1960) was a Turkish physician and politician who served as the minister of interior during the mid-1950s. He was a member of the Democrat Party which was the ruling party in the period 1950–1960. He was arrested on 27 May 1960 immediately following the military coup along with his colleagues. Gedik committed suicide soon after his detention.

Toshimasa Furuta is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.

Mike Johnson is an American stop motion animator who has worked on films such as James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas, short films such as an animation of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and TV programmes such as The PJs. He is best known for directing Corpse Bride with Tim Burton; they were jointly nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He was set to direct Ping Pong Rabbit, from a script by Peter Barsocchini. The film was planned to be released by Mili Pictures Worldwide. Johnson was also attached to direct Oz Wars, a CGI/Stop-motion hybrid film.