Celebrities Who Were Born on 2nd January

 

January 2, 1642 - Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693)
January 2, 1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (d. 1676)
January 2, 1699 - Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1757)
January 2, 1713 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
January 2, 1719 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat,
January 2, 1727 - James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759)
January 2, 1777 - Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)
January 2, 1822 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888)
January 2, 1827 - Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. 1914)
January 2, 1833 - Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. 1893)
January 2, 1836 - Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885)
January 2, 1836 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917)
January 2, 1837 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. 1910)
January 2, 1866 - Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian-born classical scholar (d. 1957)
January 2, 1870 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938)
January 2, 1873 - Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897)
January 2, 1877 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)
January 2, 1886 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
January 2, 1886 - Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
January 2, 1888 - Tito Schipa, Italian tenor (d. 1965)
January 2, 1889 - Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (d. 1973)
January 2, 1892 - Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
January 2, 1893 - Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
January 2, 1895 - Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)
January 2, 1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954)
January 2, 1896 - Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)
January 2, 1897 - Jim Londos, wrestler (d. 1975)
January 2, 1902 - Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
January 2, 1904 - Sally Rand, American fan dancer (d. 1979)
January 2, 1905 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
January 2, 1905 - Luigi Zampa, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
January 2, 1905 - Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
January 2, 1913 - Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)
January 2, 1917 - Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)
January 2, 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992)
January 2, 1921 - Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
January 2, 1925 - William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (d. 2007)
January 2, 1928 - Robert Goralski, American journalist (d. 1988)
January 2, 1928 - Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
January 2, 1928 - Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer, president of SGI
January 2, 1930 - Julius LaRosa, American singer
January 2, 1931 - Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese Prime Minister 1989-91
January 2, 1933 - Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)
January 2, 1933 - Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
January 2, 1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
January 2, 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer
January 2, 1938 - Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
January 2, 1940 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist
January 2, 1940 - S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
January 2, 1942 - Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
January 2, 1944 - Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
January 2, 1946 - Richard Cole, American tour manager
January 2, 1947 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist
January 2, 1947 - Calvin Hill, American football player
January 2, 1949 - Christopher Durang, American playwright
January 2, 1950 - David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
January 2, 1951 - Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian-born painter
January 2, 1954 - Henry Bonilla, American politician
January 2, 1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
January 2, 1955 - Tex Brashear, American voice actor
January 2, 1957 - Joanna Pacula, Polish actress
January 2, 1958 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
January 2, 1960 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
January 2, 1961 - Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
January 2, 1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director
January 2, 1963 - David Cone, American baseball player
January 2, 1963 - Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
January 2, 1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
January 2, 1965 - Greg Swindell, American baseball player
January 2, 1967 - , American actress
January 2, 1967 - Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
January 2, 1967 - Francois Pienaar, South African Rugby Union player
January 2, 1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
January 2, 1968 - Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
January 2, 1968 - Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
January 2, 1968 - Goichi Suda, CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture
January 2, 1969 - Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
January 2, 1969 - Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
January 2, 1969 - Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
January 2, 1969 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer
January 2, 1969 - Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
January 2, 1969 - Christy Turlington, American model
January 2, 1970 - Royce Clayton, American baseball player
January 2, 1970 - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
January 2, 1970 - Sanda Ladosi, Romanian singer
January 2, 1971 - Taye Diggs, American actor
January 2, 1971 - Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
January 2, 1971 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
January 2, 1972 - Adam Elliot, Australian animator
January 2, 1972 - Christopher Lennertz, American composer
January 2, 1972 - Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
January 2, 1973 - Lucy Davis, British actress
January 2, 1973 - Will Kirby, American actor
January 2, 1975 - Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
January 2, 1975 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
January 2, 1975 - Dax Shepard, American actor
January 2, 1975 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
January 2, 1976 - Hrysopiyi Devetzi, triple jump & long jump athlete
January 2, 1976 - Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
January 2, 1976 - Cletidus Hunt, American football player
January 2, 1976 - Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
January 2, 1976 - , Spanish actress
January 2, 1977 - Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
January 2, 1977 - Scott Proctor, American baseball player
January 2, 1978 - Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
January 2, 1979 - Suranne Jones, British actress
January 2, 1980 - Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
January 2, 1981 - Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
January 2, 1981 - Ryan Garko, American baseball player
January 2, 1981 - Kirk Hinrich, basketball player
January 2, 1981 - Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
January 2, 1982 - Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
January 2, 1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
January 2, 1984 - Colleen Taylor, American journalist
January 2, 1985 - Heather O’Reilly, American soccer player
January 2, 1987 - Loui Batley, British actress
January 2, 1988 - Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer