List of Famous people born on January 1st

Stanley Stub Hubbard is an American billionaire heir and businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Hubbard Broadcasting, founded by his father. Much of his fortune was earned through the operations of family-owned media holdings which include dozens of radio and television stations in the US. He was also the founder of United States Satellite Broadcasting, a forerunner to Direct TV, which absorbed USSB in 1998.

Robert Ward Vishny is an American economist and is the Myron S. Scholes Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He was the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Vic Tablian is an Armenian-British actor, known for the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, in which he played both the treacherous Peruvian guide and later in the film as the Nazi collaborating "Monkey Man".

Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen is a Danish software engineer, technology executive, and co-founder of Google Maps.

Guo Zhenggang is a former major general of the People's Liberation Army. He was detained by Chinese military authorities in February 2015, suspected of corruption.

Gary Weis is an American film and television director. He was a creator of short films for Saturday Night Live along with Albert Brooks and Tom Schiller. Weis also directed the documentary 80 Blocks from Tiffany's.