Ion Dumitru

Romanian footballer.

Born January 2nd, 1950 (age 76 years) in Bucharest.

Sergei Petrov

Russian footballer.

Born January 2nd, 1991 (age 35 years) in Saint Petersburg.

George Barnes

Scottish politician (1859-1940).

Born January 2nd, 1859 in Dundee.

Died April 21st, 1940 at 81 years old in London.

Gonzalo Melero

Spanish footballer.

Born January 2nd, 1994 (age 32 years) in Madrid.

Tamio Ōki

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1928–2017).

Born January 2nd, 1928 in Tokyo.

Died December 14th, 2017 at 89 years old in Japan. ^[ref]

Rebecca Elson

Canadian astronomer and writer (1960–1999).

Born January 2nd, 1960 in Montreal.

Died May 19th, 1999 at 39 years old in Cambridge (cancer).

Nicole Reinhardt

German olympic canoeist.

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

Adriana Vilagoš

Serbian javelin thrower.

Born January 2nd, 2004 (age 22 years) in Vrbas.

Hideyo Amamoto

Japanese actor (1926–2003).

Born January 2nd, 1926 in Wakamatsu-ku.

Died March 23rd, 2003 at 77 years old (pneumonia).

Wei Jianxing

Former politburo standing committee member of the chinese communist party (1931-2015).

Born January 2nd, 1931 in Xinchang County.

Died August 7th, 2015 at 84 years old in Beijing.