List of Famous people born on January 1st

Doug Mitchell is a film producer.

Charles David Minsky is an American cinematographer best known for film Pretty Woman.

Steven Gan is a Malaysian journalist known for co-founding and editing the political news website Malaysiakini, Malaysia's "first and only" independent news source. In 2000, he was awarded the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Thomas James Allom is an English record producer and sound engineer. His best-known work was in the 1970s and 1980s, working with artists such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Krokus, Loverboy, Def Leppard, Kix, and Rough Cutt. Allom is a member of the Music Producers Guild.

Naoto Fukasawa is a contemporary Japanese industrial designer, author, and educator, and works within product and furniture design. He is most well known for his product design work with the Japanese retail company MUJI and companies such as Herman Miller, Alessi, B&B Italia, and Magis.

Anthony LaMolinara is an American film director, producer and special effects artist.

Michael Semanick is an American sound engineer, credited as a sound re-recording mixer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for nine more in the same category. He has worked on more than 110 films since 1987.