List of Famous people born on January 1st

Alan Titherley was an English badminton player. Born in 1903 he started to play badminton in the early 1920s and was soon selected by Cheshire. He was capped by England in the 1931/2 season and made 19 international appearances, the last in 1946/7. He competed in the All England Championships reaching three finals. He later won the All England Veterans doubles three times retiring unbeaten from the event in 1954. He died on 24 June 1963 at his home in Wallasey.

Jerry Martin is an American composer, best known for his work composing music for television commercials, and being the lead composer for several games in The Sims franchise, including SimCity 3000, The Sims, The Sims Bustin' Out, The Sims 2 and SimCity 4.

Marie-Hélène Dozo is a film editor with more than forty film credits. Her editing credits include La Promesse (1996), Rosetta (1999), Murderous Maids (2000), The Son (2002), My Queen Karo (2009), A Screaming Man (2010) and The Ditch (2010). Dozo received the Magritte Award for Best Editing for her work in the 2012 film Kinshasa Kids.

Chieko Hosokawa is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1958 with Crimson Rose . Her series Crest of the Royal Family, which received the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, has been continuously serialized in Princess since 1976.

Raul Marcelo Claure is a Bolivian-American technology entrepreneur and businessman. Currently the chief executive officer (CEO) of SoftBank Group International and chief operating officer (COO) of SoftBank Group Corporation, he oversees SoftBank's operations and strategy along with CEO Masayoshi Son. As COO of SoftBank Group, a holding company, Claure oversees portfolio companies such as Boston Dynamics, Arm Holdings, Sprint, Fortress, Brightstar, SB Energy, and WeWork. He also heads the SoftBank Latin America Fund and the Tech Hub. The executive chairman of Sprint Corporation, Claure previously served as Sprint's CEO from 2014 until 2018. Credited with having "led a turnaround" at Sprint, he continues to oversee the company's planned merger with T-Mobile USA.