List of Famous people born on January 1st
Bernard Carr
Bernard J. Carr is a British professor of mathematics and astronomy at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Yume Shinjo
Yume Shinjo is a Japanese gravure idol and actress who is known for portraying Sena Hayami in Mashin Sentai Kiramager. She is represented by A-Plus.
Ally Maki
Ally Maki is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Jess Kato in the TBS comedy series Wrecked and the voice of Giggle McDimples in Toy Story 4.
Sudha Varghese
Sudha Varghese, also known as Sister Sudha, is a social worker and Catholic nun in India who has devoted herself to the Musahar, the Dalit of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, one of the Scheduled Castes and who are considered the "untouchables". She resides and works in Jamsaut, a village in Patna district. She is sometimes called didi, which means elder sister.
Joy Chambers
Joy Chambers is an Australian actress, author, and businesswoman.
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist and an associate professor of English at Tulane University. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones and won the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel Sing, Unburied, Sing. She also received a 2012 Alex Award for the story about familial love and community in facing Hurricane Katrina. She is the only woman and only African American to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice.
DJ Cassidy
Cassidy Durango Milton Willy Podell, known as DJ Cassidy, is an American DJ, record producer and MC.
Fatou N'Diaye
Fatou N'Diaye is a French actress, originally from Senegal, born 1980 in Saint-Louis du Sénégal.
Babu Gogineni
Babu Gogineni is an Indian Humanist, rationalist, and human rights activist, who served as Executive Director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU).
Waris Ahluwalia
Waris Singh Ahluwalia is a Sikh American designer and actor based in New York City. His company, House of Waris, has collaborated with a number of other designers and artists throughout the years. House of Waris came into being after the owners of Maxfield's in Los Angeles noticed Ahluwalia's elaborate diamond rings and placed an order, which sold out.