List of Famous people born on January 1st

Andrzej Bart is a Polish novelist, screenwriter and film director. He is called the Polish Thomas Pynchon because he prefers "people talk about his books and films but leave him alone".

Yu Dong is a Chinese film producer, and presenter. He is also the president of Polybona Films, a production company and film distributor, which has distributed and co-produced over 100 Chinese-language films, such as Confession of Pain, Dragon Tiger Gate, and Flash Point.

Yto Barrada is a Franco-Moroccan multimedia visual artist living and working in Tangier, Morocco and New York City. Alongside producer Cyriac Auriol, Barrada cofounded the Cinémathèque de Tanger in 2006. Barrada also works an artistic director for the Tangier art house movie theatre. She was previously a member of the Beirut-based Arab Image Foundation.

Montse Ribé is a Spanish make-up artist and actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Makeup for her work in Pan's Labyrinth (2006). She was one of 115 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2007.