Aleksandra Pankina

Belarusian rower.

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

Nobuyuki Kato

Japanese association football player.

Born January 2nd, 1920 (age 106 years) in Japan.

Jukka Gustafsson

Finnish politician and association football player.

Born January 2nd, 1947 (age 79 years) in Turku. ^[ref]

Yuliya Levina

Russian rower.

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

Dumitru Berbece

Romanian handball player.

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

Laila Youssifou

Dutch rower.

Born January 2nd, 1996 (age 30 years) in Amsterdam.

Vladimir Belyakov

Gymnast (1918-1996).

Born January 2nd, 1918 in Dmitrov.

Died May 21st, 1996 at 78 years old in Moscow.

Leo Duyndam

Road bicycle racer (1948-1990).

Born January 2nd, 1948 in Naaldwijk.

Died July 26th, 1990 at 42 years old in Vallauris (myocardial infarction).

Tapio Nurmela

Finnish nordic combined skier.

Born January 2nd, 1975 (age 51 years) in Rovaniemi.

Giovanni Battista de Toni

Italian botanist (1864-1924).

Born January 2nd, 1864 in Venice.

Died July 31st, 1924 at 60 years old in Modena.

Thomas Gerull

Fencer.

Born January 2nd, 1962 (age 64 years) in Itzehoe.

Karl-Heinz Lehmann

East german judoka.

Born January 2nd, 1957 (age 69 years) in Reichenberg [Märkische Höhe].

Ed Carmichael

Gymnast (1907-1960).

Born January 2nd, 1907 in Los Angeles.

Died September 3rd, 1960 at 53 years old in Los Angeles.

Laura Alonso Padín

Spanish operatic soprano.

Born January 2nd, 1976 (age 50 years) in Vilagarcía de Arousa.

Opoku Ampomah

Association football player.

Born January 2nd, 1996 (age 30 years) in Tema.

Andre Ehrenberg

Canoeist.

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

Petter Andersen

Norwegian speed skater.

Born January 2nd, 1974 (age 52 years) in Oslo, Lørenskog. ^[ref]

Erling Nielsen

Danish footballer (1935-1996).

Born January 2nd, 1935 in Odense.

Died September 15th, 1996 at 61 years old

Boris Tishin

Boxer.

Born January 2nd, 1929 in Moscow.

Died August 28th, 1980 at 51 years old

Piet Ikelaar

Dutch racing cyclist (1896–1992).

Born January 2nd, 1896 in Amsterdam, Amstelveen.

Died November 25th, 1992 at 96 years old in Amsterdam.

Nathalie Armbruster

Nordic combined skier.

Born January 2nd, 2006 (age 20 years) in Kniebis.

Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

Prussian artillery general and military writer (1827-1892).

Born January 2nd, 1827 in Koszęcin.

Died January 16th, 1892 at 65 years old in Dresden.

Viktor Uhlig

Geologist and paleontologist (1857–1911).

Born January 2nd, 1857 in Frýdek-Místek. ^[ref]

Died June 4th, 1911 at 54 years old in Karlovy Vary. ^[ref]

Albert Vandeplancke

French water polo player (1911-1939).

Born January 2nd, 1911 in Tourcoing.

Died April 18th, 1939 at 28 years old in Tourcoing. ^[ref]

Poul Andersen

Danish association football player (1930-1995).

Born January 2nd, 1930 in Gentofte Municipality.

Died December 31st, 1995 at 65 years old