January 2 - Births

Births

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)
1732 – František Brixi, Czech classical composer (d. 1771)
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)
1857 – Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College (d. 1935)
1860 – William Corless Mills, American museum curator (d. 1928)
1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, American pioneer (d. 1931)
1866 – Prof. Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938)
1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French Roman Catholic nun (d. 1897)
1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (d. 1960)
1877 – Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (d. 1906)
1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian athlete (d. 1932)
1882 – Herbert von Petersdorff, German swimmer (d. 1917)
1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-born Israeli educator, historian and politician (d. 1973)
1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
1889 – Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (d. 1973)
1891 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, urban planner and engraver (d. 1990)
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)
1901 – Bob Marshall, American conservationist (d. 1939)
1902 – Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
1904 – Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and freestyle swimmer(d. 1991)
1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
1909 – Barry M. Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
1913 – Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)
1914 – Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann, British writer (d. 1986)
1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish-born American Yiddish theatre actress and producer (d. 2002)
1917 – Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)
1918 – Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)
1920 – Isaac Asimov, American author and biochemistry professor (d. 1992)
1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek shadow theatre artist (d. 2009)
1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (d. 2007)
1925 – Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)
1926 – Howard Caine, American film and television director (d. 1993)
1927 – Grigoris Varfis, Greek politician
1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist (d. 1988)
1928 – Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
1929 – Lehri, Pakistani actor and comedian (d. 2012)
1930 – Julius La Rosa, American singer
1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician
1932 – Peter Redgrove, British poet (d. 2003)
1933 – Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)
1933 – Seiichi Morimura, Japanese novelist
1933 – Richard Riley, American politician
1936 – Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
1938 – Ian Brady, British serial killer
1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
1938 – Goh Kun, South Korean politician
1940 – 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 – Ray Moore, Radio 2 DJ (d. 1989)
1942 – Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1943 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999)
1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
1944 – Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
1946 – Richard Cole, English tour manager
1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist
1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player
1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, literary critic, and art historian
1947 – Valery Shary, Byelorussian Olympic champion weightlifter
1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist
1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright
1949 – Leijn Loevesijn, Dutch cyclist
1949 – John Turner, English cricketer (d. 2012)
1950 – Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
1950 – Leo van der Goot, Dutch Radio DJ and singer
1950 – David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player
1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
1952 – Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and writer
1952 – Robbie Ftorek, American ice hockey player
1952 – Christine Lavin, American singer-songwriter (Four Bitchin' Babes)
1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
1953 – Vincent Racaniello American virologist
1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, a Dutch politician and trade union leader
1953 – Manfred Wittke, German footballer
1954 – Henry Bonilla, American politician
1954 – Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor
1955 – Vivien Savage, French singer
1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist
1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
1959 – Kim Coates, Canadian actor
1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
1961 – IJsbrand Chardon, Dutch equestrian
1961 – Todd Haynes, American film director
1961 – Craig James, American football player
1961 – Robert Wexler, American politician
1963 – David Cone, American baseball player
1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
1964 – Luis d'Antin, Spanish motorcycle racer
1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player
1966 – Kate Hodge, American actress
1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress
1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and mayor of Reykjavik
1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor
1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
1968 – Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
1968 – Goichi Suda, Japanese video game developer
1969 – Robby Gordon, American racing driver
1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
1969 – Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
1969 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer
1969 – Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
1969 – Christy Turlington, American model
1970 – Royce Clayton, American baseball player
1970 – Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer
1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer
1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor
1971 – Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
1971 – Markus Hoffmann, German actor (d. 1997)
1971 – Yutaka Takenouchi, Japanese actor
1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator
1972 – Christopher Lennertz, American composer
1972 – Rodney MacDonald, Canadian politician and musician
1972 – Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish professional ice hockey player
1973 – Lucy Davis, British actress
1973 – Will Kirby, American actor
1974 – Luis Moro, Cuban-American actor and filmmaker
1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian footballer
1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
1975 – Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor
1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
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 – Brian Boucher, American professional ice hockey player
1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
1977 – Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
1977 – Scott Proctor, American baseball player
1977 – Nikos Soultanidis, Greek footballer
1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American professional ballroom dancer
1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress
1979 – Jonathan Greening, British footballer
1980 – Annie Bellemare, Canadian Figure Skater
1980 – Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer
1980 – Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player
1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress
1983 – Andrew Ebbett, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Otacilio, Brazilian footballer, Aviation Professional
1985 – Luis Beza, American musician (Suburban Legends)
1985 – Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)
1986 – Trombone Shorty, American musician
1987 – Shelley Hennig, American actress
1987 – Syesha Mercado, American singer and actress
1988 – Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
1988 – Damien Tussac, French-born German rugby player
1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer
1989 – Romain Dedola, French footballer
1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer
1991 – Steele Sidebottom, Australian rules footballer
1992 – Anna Arina Marenko, Russian tennis player
2001 – Christopher Barrios Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)