List of Famous people born on January 1st

David Sheffield is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live and the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America, and The Nutty Professor all written in collaboration with Barry W. Blaustein.

Ronny Yu Yan-Tai is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and movie writer. He has worked on both Hong Kong and American films. He is mostly known for his work in the American horror genre, such as Bride of Chucky (1998) and Freddy vs. Jason (2003).

Philipp Petrovich Tyurin, known as The Leningrad Maniac and The Hellraiser, was a Soviet serial killer who operated between 1945 and 1946 in Leningrad. According to investigators, during this period Tyurin murdered 14 people, but he himself confessed to 29 total murders.

Imaani Saleem is an English singer, best known for representing the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Where Are You". The song placed second in the contest, and became a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

Denis Donoghue was an Irish literary critic. He was the Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University.

Volker Bertelmann is a German pianist and composer who mainly performs and records under the name Hauschka. He is best known for his compositions for prepared piano.