List of Famous people born on January 1st

David Edward Goldberg is an American computer scientist, civil engineer, and former professor. Until 2010, he was a professor in the department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering (IESE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was noted for his work in the field of genetic algorithms. He was the director of the Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory (IlliGAL) and the co-founder & chief scientist of Nextumi, which later changed its name to ShareThis. He is the author of Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning, one of the most cited books in computer science.

Margherita Mazzucco is an Italian actress. She is best known for her performance as Elena "Lenù" Greco in the TV series My Brilliant Friend and as Chiara in Chiara.

Klara Höfels was a German actress, director and theatre producer. She was first a stage actress, who played leading roles on stage at Schauspiel Frankfurt, Residenztheater in Munich and Staatstheater Stuttgart. She became known for roles in television series such as SOKO and Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast, beginning in the 1990s. She produced film documentaries, responsible for direction and camera, and ran Autorentheater Berlin for new theatre projects.

Cheryl Carasik is a set decorator. She has been nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.

Abdul Karim Saleem Khasawneh is a Jordanian Muslim scholar who was Grand Mufti of Jordan between 23 February 2010 and 22 January 2017. Since then, he has been the chief Islamic justice.

Keno Marley Machado is a Brazilian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.