List of Famous people born on January 1st

Margaret Elkington

First Name Margaret

Last Name Elkington

Born on January 1, 1959 (age 67)

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Soledad Sevilla

Soledad Sevilla Portillo

First Name Soledad

Born on January 1, 1944 (age 82)

Born in Spain, Community of Valencia

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Henry Michael Meade

First Name Henry

Last Name Meade

Born on January 1, 1983 (age 43)

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Albinia Jane Townshend

First Name Albinia

Born on January 1, 1952 (age 74)

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Martin Evans

Martin John Evans

First Name Martin

Last Name Evans

Born on January 1, 1941 (age 85)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Sir Martin John Evans is a British biologist who, with Matthew Kaufman, was the first to culture mice embryonic stem cells and cultivate them in a laboratory in 1981. He is also known, along with Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, for his work in the development of the knockout mouse and the related technology of gene targeting, a method of using embryonic stem cells to create specific gene modifications in mice. In 2007, the three shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition of their discovery and contribution to the efforts to develop new treatments for illnesses in humans.<refname="Nobelprize"/>

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