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Holiday birthdays

Celebrities born on New Year’s Day

Starting the year with a birthday means never having your party forgotten, though it does mean sharing it with a lot of tired people. 23 famous people on CFOTD were born on January 1, including Lilian Thuram, Verne Troyer and Vidya Balan.

Lilian ThuramSoccer player · Born 1972, age 54Verne TroyerActor · Born 1969Vidya BalanActor · Born 1979, age 47Davor ŠukerSoccer player · Born 1968, age 58Jack WilshereSoccer player · Born 1992, age 34David NalbandianTennis player · Born 1982, age 44RivelinoSoccer player · Born 1946, age 80Ice SpiceRapper · Born 2000, age 26Sonali BendreActor · Born 1975, age 51Ousmane SembèneFilm director · Born 1923Dana AndrewsActor · Born 1909Valentina CorteseActor · Born 1923Morris ChestnutActor · Born 1969, age 57Colin MorganActor · Born 1986, age 40Michèle MercierActor · Born 1939, age 87Tiago SplitterBasketball player · Born 1985, age 41Deepa MehtaFilm director · Born 1950, age 76Angourie RiceActor · Born 2001, age 25Claudio VillaSinger · Born 1926Richard RoxburghActor · Born 1962, age 64Carole LandisActor · Born 1919Hamza AbdelkarimSoccer player · Born 2008, age 18TusseSinger · Born 2002, age 24

New Year’s Day birthdays by the numbers

Celebrities2317 still living, 6 no longer with us
Oldest livingMichèle Mercier87 years old, born 1939
YoungestHamza Abdelkarim18 years old, born 2008
Most common roleActor48% of stars born on New Year’s Day, then soccer players
Top countryUnited States5 people, then France and India
Busiest birth decade1960s4 celebrities

Through the years

  1. 1909Dana AndrewsActor, United States
  2. 1919Carole LandisActor, United States
  3. 1923Ousmane SembèneFilm director, Senegal
  4. 1923Valentina CorteseActor, Italy
  5. 1926Claudio VillaSinger, Italy
  6. 1939Michèle MercierActor, France
  7. 1946RivelinoSoccer player, Brazil
  8. 1950Deepa MehtaFilm director, Canada
  9. 1962Richard RoxburghActor, Australia
  10. 1968Davor ŠukerSoccer player, Croatia
  11. 1969Verne TroyerActor, United States
  12. 1969Morris ChestnutActor, United States
  13. 1972Lilian ThuramSoccer player, France
  14. 1975Sonali BendreActor, India
  15. 1979Vidya BalanActor, India
  16. 1982David NalbandianTennis player, Argentina
  17. 1985Tiago SplitterBasketball player, Brazil
  18. 1986Colin MorganActor, United Kingdom
  19. 1992Jack WilshereSoccer player, United Kingdom
  20. 2000Ice SpiceRapper, United States
  21. 2001Angourie RiceActor, Australia
  22. 2002TusseSinger, Sweden
  23. 2008Hamza AbdelkarimSoccer player, Egypt
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Frequently asked questions

Which celebrities were born on New Year’s Day?

Lilian Thuram, Verne Troyer, Vidya Balan, Davor Šuker, Jack Wilshere, David Nalbandian, Rivelino, Ice Spice and 15 more, all born on January 1.

What zodiac sign is January 1?

Capricorn.