List of Famous people born on January 1st

Nick Mennell is an American actor known for his stage work as well as his roles in the horror/slasher remakes of Halloween, and Friday the 13th.

Kō Bun'yū, also known as Huang Wenxiong, is a controversial Taiwanese author, now resident in Japan, who is well known for his staunch anti-Mainland Chinese stance and for penning a number of highly controversial books about Chinese, Japanese and Korean history and culture.

Niki Marvin is a film producer active since the 1980s.

Michael Beinhorn is an American record producer., composer, author and musician. He has produced albums for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Hole, Violent Femmes and Marilyn Manson.

Nina Keogh is a Canadian puppet builder, voice actress and puppeteer from Toronto, Ontario. She is a former member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Canadian Actors' Equity Association, UDA, and is an ACTRA member since 1968. She was on the board of directors for ACTRA and the Children's Broadcast Institute. She has worked for TVO and CBC Television. She is best-known for playing the role of Muffy the Mouse in TVO's 1981-87 TV series Today's Special, which was shown worldwide including on Nickelodeon in the United States. Her father, John Keogh, played Howard the Turtle in Razzle Dazzle. Keogh retired from the television business in 1999 to become a professional painter.

Nizar Hamed Mahrous, known as Abu Hamed, is a Syrian football manager and former player who is the manager of the Syria national team.