List of Famous people born on January 1st

Ethan Walden Brown is an American executive, who is the founder, president and CEO of Beyond Meat. Before founding Beyond Meat, Brown worked on alternative energy and electricity grid restructuring at the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices before joining fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems.

Mark Richard Jerrum is a British computer scientist and computational theorist.

Aytaç Durak is a Turkish politician, and has been the mayor of Adana since 1984, excluding one term (1989–1994). He is the longest serving locally elected city mayor in Turkey, currently at his 5th term. Adding his 17 years as a municipal councillor, he will have served the municipality of Adana for 42 years by the end of this term. He was the president of the Municipalities Union of Turkey for 17 years and the Çukurova Municipalities Union for 12 years.

Miriam "Mimi" Lurie Haas is an American billionaire businesswoman. She is the widow of Peter E. Haas, who was the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, the founder of denim manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co.

Amy Hathaway is an American actress. She has appeared in the films Mutts, and Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects. She had major co-starring roles in Last Exit to Earth, Joyride, and Gemini Rising. She is also known for her role as Shelby Haskell in the popular series My Two Dads.

İsmail Acar is a leading Turkish painter. He graduated with honors in 1991 from the Finer Arts School of Marmara University. In 1993, Acar received his Master of Arts degree in "Technology and Art", as well as in "Postmodernism".