List of Famous people born on January 1st

Gong Qinggai is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career throughout the southeastern China's Fujian province. As of January 2016 he was under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. He served in various administrative and political roles in Fujian province and over a period of 35 years worked his way up to the position of deputy director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. He served as mayor of Jinjiang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou, from January 1996 to October 2003, and Communist Party Secretary, the top political position in the city, from May 2002 to June 2005.

Jon Henry Albert Gregory was a British film editor. He was born in Lahore, British Raj to British parents, and raised in England from the age of nine, where he was educated at Reigate Grammar School.

Edward H. Hamm Jr. is an American producer, known for his collaboration with Sean McKittrick. He was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, for Southland Tales.

Eli Bush is an American film and theatre producer best known for producing the critically acclaimed film Lady Bird, for which he won the 2018 Golden Globe for Best Picture and was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards.