Famous Births on 2 Jan

Famous Births on 2 Jan

1642 - Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693)
1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (d. 1676)
1699 - Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1757)
1713 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
1719 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)
1727 - James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759)
1777 - Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)
1822 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888)
1827 - Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. 1914)
1833 - Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. 1893)
1836 - Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885)
1836 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917)
1837 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. 1910)
1866 - Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
1870 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938)
1873 - Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897)
1877 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)
1886 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
1886 - Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
1888 - Tito Schipa, Italian tenor (d. 1965)
1889 - Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (d. 1973)
1892 - Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
1893 - Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
1895 - Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)
1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954)
1896 - Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)
1897 - Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)
1902 - Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
1902 - Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
1904 - Sally Rand, American fan dancer (d. 1979)
1905 - Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
1905 - Luigi Zampa, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1905 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
1910 - Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu Poet (d. 1983)
1913 - Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)
1917 - Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)
1918 - Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)
1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian author (d. 1992)
1921 - Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1925 - Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)
1925 - William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (d. 2007)
1928 - Robert Goralski, American journalist (d. 1988)
1928 - Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
1928 - Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
1930 - Julius LaRosa, American singer
1931 - Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician
1933 - Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)
1933 - Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer
1938 - Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
1939 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist
1940 - S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
1942 - Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1942 - Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1943 - Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999)
1944 - Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
1946 - Richard Cole, American tour manager
1947 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist
1947 - Calvin Hill, American football player
1949 - Christopher Durang, American playwright
1950 - David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
1951 - Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
1952 - Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
1954 - Henry Bonilla, American politician
1955 - Tex Brashear, American voice actor
1956 - Lynda Barry, American cartoonist
1957 - Joanna Pacula, Polish actress
1958 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
1960 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
1961 - Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director
1963 - Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
1963 - David Cone, American baseball player
1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
1965 - Greg Swindell, American baseball player
1967 - Tia Carrere, American actress
1967 - Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
1967 - Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
1968 - Goichi Suda, Japanese video game developer
1968 - Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
1968 - Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
1969 - Robby Gordon, American racing driver
1969 - Christy Turlington, American model
1969 - Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
1969 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer
1969 - Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
1969 - Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
1969 - Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
1970 - Royce Clayton, American baseball player
1970 - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
1970 - Sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer
1971 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
1971 - Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
1971 - Taye Diggs, American actor
1972 - Adam Elliot, Australian animator
1972 - Christopher Lennertz, American composer
1972 - Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
1973 - Lucy Davis, British actress
1973 - Will Kirby, American actor
1975 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
1975 - Dax Shepard, American actor
1975 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
1975 - Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
1976 - Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
1976 - Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
1976 - Cletidus Hunt, American football player
1976 - Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
1976 - Paz Vega, Spanish actress
1977 - Scott Proctor, American baseball player
1977 - Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
1978 - Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
1979 - Suranne Jones, British actress
1979 - Jonathan Greening, British footballer
1980 - Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
1981 - Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
1981 - Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
1981 - Ryan Garko, American baseball player
1981 - Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
1982 - Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
1984 - Colleen Taylor, American journalist
1985 - Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
1987 - Loui Batley, British actress
1987 - Syesha Mercado, American singer
1988 - Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer