Ahu Türkpençe

Turkish actor (born 1977).

Born January 2nd, 1977 (age 49 years) in Samsun.

Tewhida Belshikh

Tunisian physician (1909-2010).

Born January 2nd, 1909 in Ras Jebel.

Died December 6th, 2010 at 101 years old in Tunis.

Shimelis Bekele

Ethiopian association football player.

Born January 2nd, 1990 (age 36 years) in Hawaasa.

Henrik Møllgaard

Danish handball player.

Born January 2nd, 1985 (age 41 years) in Bramming.

Dioko Kaluyituka

Dr congo footballer (born 1987).

Born January 2nd, 1987 (age 39 years) in Kinshasa.

Lew Landers

American film and television director (1901–1962).

Born January 2nd, 1901 in New York City.

Died December 16th, 1962 at 61 years old in Palm Desert (myocardial infarction).

Stefan Koubek

Austrian tennis player.

Born January 2nd, 1977 (age 49 years) in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015).

Born January 2nd, 1940 in Ta'if.

Died July 9th, 2015 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). ^[ref]

Nathan Cohen

New zealand rower.

Born January 2nd, 1986 (age 40 years) in Christchurch.

Louis Charles Breguet

Aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers.

Born January 2nd, 1880 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Died May 4th, 1955 at 75 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (myocardial infarction).

Gaston Monnerville

French guiana politician (1897–1991).

Born January 2nd, 1897 in Cayenne.

Died November 7th, 1991 at 94 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).

Wolfgang de Beer

German footballer (1964–2024).

Born January 2nd, 1964 in Dinslaken.

Died December 30th, 2024 at 60 years old in Dortmund. ^[ref]

Slobodan Komljenović

Serbian footballer.

Born January 2nd, 1971 (age 55 years) in Frankfurt.

Aram Sargsyan

Prime minister of armenia.

Born January 2nd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Ararat.

H. A. R. Gibb

Scottish orientalist (1895–1971).

Born January 2nd, 1895 in Alexandria.

Died October 22nd, 1971 at 76 years old in Shipston-on-Stour.

Mattias Norström

Ice hockey player.

Born January 2nd, 1972 (age 54 years) in Stockholm.

Iván Erőd

Hungarian/austrian composer (1936–2019).

Born January 2nd, 1936 in Budapest.

Died June 24th, 2019 at 83 years old in Vienna. ^[ref]

Formose Mendy

Senegalese footballer.

Born January 2nd, 2001 (age 25 years) in Dakar.

Jackie Carmichael

American basketball player.

Born January 2nd, 1990 (age 36 years) in Manhattan.

Agathonas Iakovidis

Greek singer (1955–2020).

Born January 2nd, 1955 in Evangelismos.

Died August 5th, 2020 at 65 years old in Thessaloniki (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Seiichi Morimura

Japanese novelist and author (1933–2023).

Born January 2nd, 1933 in Kumagaya.

Died July 24th, 2023 at 90 years old in Tokyo. ^[ref]

Marcel Schrötter

German motorcycle racer.

Born January 2nd, 1993 (age 33 years) in Vilgertshofen.

Ernst Marischka

Austrian director and scriptwriter (1893-1963).

Born January 2nd, 1893 in Vienna.

Died May 12th, 1963 at 70 years old in Chur.

Adrien Niyonshuti

Rwandan cyclist.

Born January 2nd, 1987 (age 39 years) in Rwamagana.

Chris Woodruff

American tennis player.

Born January 2nd, 1973 (age 53 years) in Knoxville.