Athanasia Tsoumeleka

Greek racewalker.

Born January 2nd, 1982 (age 44 years) in Preveza.

Vitaly Anikeyenko

Russian ice hockey player (1987–2011).

Born January 2nd, 1987 in Kyiv.

Died September 7th, 2011 at 24 years old in Tunoshna (traffic collision).

Veronika Dolina

Soviet and russian singer, poet, bard.

Born January 2nd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Moscow.

Dana Ulery

American computer scientist.

Born January 2nd, 1938 (age 88 years) in East St. Louis.

George Herbig

American astronomer (1920–2013).

Born January 2nd, 1920 in Wheeling.

Died October 12th, 2013 at 93 years old in Honolulu. ^[ref]

Fanny Roos

Swedish female shot putter.

Born January 2nd, 1995 (age 31 years). ^[ref]

Alberto Zedda

Italian conductor (1928-2017).

Born January 2nd, 1928 in Milan.

Died March 6th, 2017 at 89 years old in Pesaro. ^[ref]

Igor Bobkov

Russian ice hockey goaltender.

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

Edward Kłosiński

Polish cinematographer.

Born January 2nd, 1943 in Warsaw.

Died January 5th, 2008 at 65 years old in Milanówek (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Rylan Wiens

Canadian diver (2002-).

Born January 2nd, 2002 (age 24 years) in Calgary. ^[ref]