Can an MD5-hash begin with a zero?

Question

Can an MD5-hash begin with a zero? What about SHA-1?

Answer 1

MD5 hash of "a" = 0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661

SHA1 hash of "9" = 0ade7c2cf97f75d009975f4d720d1fa6c19f4897