List of Famous people born on January 1st

Norman Wanstall is a British sound editor who did the sound editing for a few of the early James Bond films. He won the first Oscar for a James Bond film at the 1964 Academy Awards. He won in the category of Best Sound Editing for the film Goldfinger.

Kurt Gottfried is professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University, known for his work in the areas of quantum mechanics and particle physics. He is also a co-founder with Henry Way Kendall of the Union of Concerned Scientists. He has written extensively in the areas of physics and arms control.

Tan Aik Mong was a Malaysian Chinese badminton player. He was the younger brother of Tan Aik Huang.

Justas Vincas Paleckis is a Lithuanian ex-communist and politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. He is also a member of the Party of European Socialists. Justas was born in Samara, Russia where his family resided during the Second World War. His father, Justas Paleckis was communist and served as the unrecognised President of Lithuania and personally signed orders authorizing the mass deportation citizens to Siberia. Later, the family returned to Lithuania, where he finished school in 1959 and then went on to study journalism at Vilnius University in 1964.

Kori Rae is a film producer for Pixar. She produced several Mater's Tall Tales shorts and the feature films Monsters University and Onward.