List of Famous people born on January 1st

Martin Hancock is an English actor best known for his roles as Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent in the English soap Coronation Street and as Reg Lund in Holby City.

Laura Münkler is a German professor for public law and healthcare law at Greifswald University.

Marwan al-Muasher is a Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on the Middle East. He was Jordan's first ambassador to Israel and former ambassador to the United States.

Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar is an Indian actor. Before entering the film industry, he was a theatre artist, he made his film debut in 1987 in a small role in the film Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi. This was followed by several films in the 1990s, in which he appeared in very minor or small roles. He has appeared in supporting roles in Tamil films and as a comedian in Tamil TV series. After he got film breakthrough in Engal Anna (2004). Then he is regular cast and widely recognised supporting and comedy actor in Tamil cinema.