List of Famous people born on January 1st
Andy Haman
Anthony Joseph "Andy" Haman was an American professional bodybuilder who competed in the superheavyweight class.
Melissa Drexler
Melissa Drexler, who was nicknamed in the media as "The Prom Mom", is an American woman who, as a teenage high school student in 1997, delivered a baby in a restroom stall during her high school prom dance. She killed the baby, proceeded to put him in the trash can and then returned to the dance. Drexler pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. After serving three years and one month, she was released on parole.
Jack Lengyel
Jack Robert Lengyel is a software executive and former American football coach, lacrosse coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the College of Wooster from 1966 to 1970 and at Marshall University from 1971 until 1974, compiling a career college football record of 33–54. At Marshall, he took over the Thundering Herd football program after the Southern Airways Flight 932 plane crash that killed nearly the entire team in 1970. Lengyel was the athletic director at California State University, Fresno from 1983 to 1986, at the University of Missouri from 1986 to 1988, and at the United States Naval Academy from 1988 to 2001. He served as the interim athletic director at Temple University in 2002, at Eastern Kentucky University from 2002 to 2003, and at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2004 to 2005.
Hlumelo Biko
Hlumelo Biko is a South African businessman and investment banker. He is the son of Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele.
Doc McGhee
Doc McGhee is an American music manager, best known for working with Kiss, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe. The latter two groups experienced their rise to stardom under his management. He has also worked with Hootie & the Blowfish.
Mark Bradshaw
Mark Bradshaw is an Australian composer known for his work in film and television.
Fernando Uribe
Fernando Uribe Hincapié is a Colombian footballer who plays as a striker.
Abigail Austen
Abigail Austen,, is the first officer in the British Army to begin gender reassignment while in the Army.
Alice Zeniter
Alice Zeniter is a French novelist, translator, scriptwriter, dramatist and director.
Andreas Antonopoulos
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a British bitcoin advocate, tech entrepreneur, and author. He is a host on the Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast and a teaching fellow for the M.Sc. Digital Currencies at the University of Nicosia.