List of Famous people born on January 1st

Rakesh Gangwal is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and 37% owner of IndiGo airline. He is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of US Airways Group. From June 2003 to August 2007, Gangwal was the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Worldspan Technologies, a provider of travel technology and information services to the travel and transportation industry. From 2002 to 2003, Gangwal was involved in various personal business endeavors, including private equity projects and consulting projects. He was the president and CEO of US Airways Group from 1998 until his resignation in 2001.

Ramsey Kanaan is a Lebanese-Scottish publisher and distributor of anarchist literature, best known as the founder of AK Press, named after his mother Ann Kanaan. He left AK in 2007 to found a new radical publisher, PM Press.

Ravindra Kumar is editor and managing director of The Statesman, one of India's best-known and oldest newspapers. He writes on Indian politics and on South-Asian and South-east Asian affairs.