List of Famous people born on January 1st

Yosri Fouda, is an Egyptian investigative reporter, author, and television host. He established Al Jazeera's office in London and was one of the star figures in the channel until he resigned in 2009. Currently Fouda is a television host at the Cairo-based ONTV Egyptian Channel. He co‑authored Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Attack The World Has Ever Seen, published in 2003 by Arcade Publishing.

Gordon Chan Kar-Seung, born in 1960, is a Hong Kong film director, writer and producer. His most notable works include Beast Cops, Fist of Legend, Painted Skin, 2000 AD and Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen. In 2011 he announced and launched the productions for Mural, Four Detectives/Four Marshals, and Painted Skin 2. Though for Painted Skin 2 he dropped out as the director and the director's seat was given to Wuershan. His 1996 film First Option was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.

Prince Sahle Selassie was the youngest child of Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen Asfaw of Ethiopia. His full title was "His Imperial Highness, Prince Sahle Selassie Haile Selassie".

Daniel Boyarin is a historian of religion. Born in New Jersey, he holds dual United States and Israeli citizenship. He is the Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture in the Departments of Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. He is married to Chava Boyarin, a lecturer in Hebrew at UC Berkeley. They have two sons. His brother, Jonathan Boyarin, is also a scholar, and the two have written together.

Wen Yi-jen is a Taiwanese classical conductor. He was the Principal Guest Conductor of the National Theatre Belgrade.

Laurence Mason is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Lord Nikon in the 1995 film Hackers, Sammy Norino on the Fox drama Prison Break, Luis Sarria in the film Ali, Halpern White on the FX crime drama The Shield, and Earl Briggs, the chauffeur in the film The Lincoln Lawyer.

John Sharian is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role in the film The Machinist (2004).

Johnny Wakelin is an English recording artist with the Pye Records label.

Alicja Kwade is a Polish-German contemporary visual artist. Her sculptures and installations focus on the subjectivity of time and space. Kwade lives and works in Berlin.