List of Famous people born on January 1st

Pierre-Louis Thévenet was a French production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Patton.

Michael Patrick Sheetz is a cell biologist, a pioneer of mechanobiology and biomechanics, and a key contributor to the discovery of kinesin. He serves as the Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, the department of biochemistry and molecular biology. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology at Columbia University, former Distinguished Professor and the founding Director of the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore, and former Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and Duke University.

Michael Kanfer is a visual effects artist who is best known for his work on Titanic and Apollo 13.

Joshua Harris is a billionaire American private equity investor and philanthropist who co-founded Apollo Global Management, one of the world's largest alternative investment firms. Harris is the principal owner and managing partner of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, and is a general partner in Crystal Palace of the English Premier League.