List of Famous people born on January 1st

Andrea Natasha Heyworth Law is an English painter and graphic designer.

Nesrin Nas is a Turkish female academic in economics, politician and the former leader of the Motherland Party.

Yacoub Riad Sarraf is a Lebanese politician. He was born in the town of Miniara in the Akkar district of northern Lebanon.

Alex Cordaz is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A side Internazionale as a goalkeeper.

Mary Sweeney is an American film producer, director, writer and film editor, who collaborated for 20 years with, and was briefly the spouse of American film director David Lynch. Sweeney worked with Lynch on several films and television series, most notably the original Twin Peaks series (1990), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story, (1999) and Mulholland Drive (2001). Sweeney is the Dino and Martha De Laurentiis Endowed Professor in the Writing Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She is the chair of the Film Independent board of directors.