List of Famous people born on January 1st

Matthew Jonathan Rosseinsky FRS is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. He was awarded the Hughes Medal in 2011 "for his influential discoveries in the synthetic chemistry of solid state electronic materials and novel microporous structures."

Kathryn Hughes is a British academic, journalist and biographer. Educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University and the University of East Anglia (UEA); her doctorate in Victorian history was developed into her first book, The Victorian Governess. She is the Director of Creative Non-Fiction at the University of East Anglia,

Jean Cerf is a French mathematician, specializing in topology.

Martin Wood is a Canadian television director who has been directing since the mid-1990s. Specializing in science fiction, where he is best known for his work as a director and producer on Stargate SG-1, as well as its spin-off series Stargate Atlantis.

Sergio Mantegazza is a Swiss-Italian billionaire businessman, chairman and owner of Globus, a multinational travel company. According to Forbes, Mantegazza is the 16th richest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of US $2.5 billion as of April 2019.

Jim McManus is a British actor, who has starred in various television, stage and film roles, including Tipping the Velvet, Lawless Heart and Only Fools and Horses. In the 1970s he appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Invisible Enemy. He has also starred in the popular television drama Heartbeat and twice in critically acclaimed drama Minder. He's also been voice actor in 2007 animated film Quest for a Heart.

Gregor Edelmann is a Berlin based German journalist, screenwriter and dramaturge.