List of Famous people born on January 1st

Mohamed Hassan Bensalah is the chairman and CEO of the Moroccan group Holarcom. He is the brother of Moroccan businesswoman Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun.

Chen Lihua, rendered Chan Laiwa in Cantonese, is the founder and chairman of Fuwah International Group, one of Beijing's largest commercial property developers. In 2014, Forbes ranked her as the 10th richest mainland Chinese, the richest woman in China, and one of only 19 female billionaires in the world who did not inherit their billionaire status. In 2015, touchscreen entrepreneur Zhou Qunfei surpassed Chen as China's richest woman.

Doug Hemphill is an American sound mixer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for seven more in the same category. He has worked on more than 160 films since 1979.

Duane Bradley Clark is an American–Canadian television director, producer and screenwriter. He is the son of television personality Dick Clark and Clark's second wife, Loretta Martin.