List of Famous people born on January 1st

Charles Ayoub is a Lebanese journalist and businessman that is the editor in chief and owner of Ad-Diyar, an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Lebanon. known for his pro-Syrian stance. He was formerly a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon, and a candidate for Lebanese parliament in 1972 and 2009.

Charles Hayward is an English drummer and was a founding member of the experimental rock groups This Heat and Camberwell Now. He also played with Mal Dean's Amazing Band, Dolphin Logic, and gigged and recorded with Phil Manzanera in the group Quiet Sun project as well as a short stint with Gong. He was a session musician on The Raincoats' second album, Odyshape, and on one occasion played drums for the anarchist punk band Crass. Since the late 1980s, Hayward has released several solo projects and participated in various collaborations, most notably Massacre with Bill Laswell and Fred Frith.

Chris Clements is an animation director with The Simpsons. Prior to that, he was a character layout artist with the show. The second episode he directed, "The Haw-Hawed Couple", was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Animated Program.

Brian Reynolds is an American videogame designer who now designs online social games. Reynolds has designed at SecretNewCo, Zynga, Big Huge Games, Firaxis Games, and MicroProse and has been chairman of the International Game Developers Association. He has played a major part in designing a number of multi-million selling games including Civilization II, Rise of Nations, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and FrontierVille. He has also founded or co-founded three game companies, SecretNewCo, Big Huge Games, and Firaxis Games.