List of Famous people born on January 1st

Johan Johannson is a Norwegian billionaire businessman, and owns nearly 75% of the NorgesGruppen supermarket chain, that he inherited from his father.

Andrew John Casson FRS is a mathematician, studying geometric topology. Casson is the Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics at Yale University.

Charles Henry Bennett is a physicist, information theorist and IBM Fellow at IBM Research. Bennett's recent work at IBM has concentrated on a re-examination of the physical basis of information, applying quantum physics to the problems surrounding information exchange. He has played a major role in elucidating the interconnections between physics and information, particularly in the realm of quantum computation, but also in cellular automata and reversible computing. He discovered, with Gilles Brassard, the concept of quantum cryptography and is one of the founding fathers of modern quantum information theory.

Joe Jacobs is an English actor. Jacobs has appeared in The Bill, Holby City and is best known for his role as PC Billy Jackson in the BBC police drama HolbyBlue.

Joby Harold is an English screenwriter, producer and director who runs Safehouse Pictures with his producing partner, Tory Tunnell. The company was co-founded in 2005.

Bill Atkinson is an American computer engineer and photographer. Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990.