List of Famous people born on January 1st

Viktor Ullmann was a Silesia-born Austrian composer, conductor and pianist.

Julie Gavras is a French–Greek film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her film Blame It on Fidel (2006).

Daniel Wyllie is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre.

Winston F. Ponder is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine and freshwater animals, especially micromolluscs. He graduated with an MSc, PhD and DSc from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Bernard Teissier is a French mathematician and a member of the Nicolas Bourbaki group. He has made major contributions to algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, specifically to singularity theory, multiplicity theory and valuation theory.

David E. Campbell is an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for five more in the same category. He has worked on over 160 films since 1977.

Aldo Signoretti is an Italian make-up artist. He has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Makeup, the first time for his work in Moulin Rouge! (2001), the second time for his work in Apocalypto (2006), and the third time for his work in Il divo (2010).