List of Famous people born on January 1st

Richard Paul Winsley Thomas FRS is a British mathematician working in several areas of geometry. He is a professor at Imperial College London. He studies moduli problems in algebraic geometry, and ‘mirror symmetry’—a phenomenon in pure mathematics predicted by string theory in theoretical physics.

Hisham Sharaf Abdullah is a Yemeni civil engineer and politician, who served in different cabinet posts. He is Yemen's current minister of foreign affairs, and formerly the minister of higher education and scientific research.

Boogeyman 2 is a 2007 American horror film edited and directed by Jeff Betancourt and the sequel to the 2005 film Boogeyman. The film was written by Brian Sieve and stars Danielle Savre, Matt Cohen, David Gallagher, Mae Whitman, Renee O'Connor and Tobin Bell. Savre portrays Laura Porter, a woman who witnessed her parents' murder alongside her brother as a child. She believes the killer to be the Boogeyman, and now as an adult seeks group therapy to overcome her phobia of the creature. However, her fears become reality as her fellow patients are murdered one by one.

Michael Herbick is an American sound engineer. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. He has worked on over 90 films since 1988.

Félix Monti is an Argentine film cinematographer.

Michael Arthur Krauss is a television producer, a packager, and a radio interviewer. He is also an experienced company president having headed numerous companies including Michael Krauss Productions, Make It Happen Entertainment and Broadcasting, and Group M Productions. He is also a very experienced jazz drummer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is the four-time winner of the ACE Award in 1985 for his work as a creator and executive producer of Mother's Day. As a television producer he helped to develop and produce many shows including Good Morning America, The Mike Douglas Show, Mother's Day, Mother's Minutes, and Everyday.

Guillermo Owen is a Colombian mathematician, and Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, known for his work in Game Theory.