On this day: January 2
Born on this day
Basilios BessarionJanuary 2, 1403 – November 18, 1472 · Culture
John DowlandJanuary 2, 1563 – February 1626 · Music
Johann Daniel TitiusJanuary 2, 1729 – December 1796 · Science- František BrixiJanuary 2, 1732 – October 14, 1771 · Music
Charles HatchettJanuary 2, 1765 – February 10, 1847 · Technology
Nannette StreicherJanuary 2, 1769 – January 16, 1833 · Music
Christian Daniel RauchJanuary 2, 1777 – December 3, 1857 · Art
Christoffer Wilhelm EckersbergJanuary 2, 1783 – July 22, 1853 · Art
Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de ChancourtoisJanuary 2, 1820 – November 14, 1886 · Science
Rudolf ClausiusJanuary 2, 1822 – August 24, 1888 · Science
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-ShanskyJanuary 2, 1827 – February 26, 1914 · Exploration
Gustave TrouvéJanuary 2, 1839 – July 27, 1902 · Technology
Julia LermontovaJanuary 2, 1847 – December 16, 1919 · Science
Ernst BarlachJanuary 2, 1870 – October 24, 1938 · Art
Anton PannekoekJanuary 2, 1873 – April 28, 1960 · Science
Slava RaškajJanuary 2, 1877 – March 29, 1906 · Art
Oscar MicheauxJanuary 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951 · Film
Lupu PickJanuary 2, 1886 – March 7, 1931 · Film
Tito SchipaJanuary 2, 1889 – December 16, 1965 · Music- Ernst MarischkaJanuary 2, 1893 – May 12, 1963 · Film
Dziga VertovJanuary 2, 1896 – February 12, 1954 · Film
Walter HeitlerJanuary 2, 1904 – November 15, 1981 · Science
Luigi ZampaJanuary 2, 1905 – August 16, 1991 · Film
Michael TippettJanuary 2, 1905 – January 8, 1998 · Music- Lev ArnshtamJanuary 2, 1905 – December 26, 1979 · Film
Lev SchnirelmannJanuary 2, 1905 – September 24, 1938 · Science
Näcip CihanofJanuary 2, 1911 – June 2, 1988 · Music- George HerbigJanuary 2, 1920 – October 12, 2013 · Science
Vira VovkJanuary 2, 1926 – July 16, 2022 · Art
Yury GrigorovichJanuary 2, 1927 – May 19, 2025 · Film
Zeki MürenJanuary 2, 1931 – September 24, 1996 · Music
Roger MillerJanuary 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992 · Music
Lynn ConwayJanuary 2, 1938 – June 9, 2024 · Technology- Robert SmithsonJanuary 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973 · Art
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa VaradhanJanuary 2, 1940 – present · Science
Barış MançoJanuary 2, 1943 – February 1, 1999 · Music
Janet Akyüz MatteiJanuary 2, 1943 – March 22, 2004 · Science
Péter EötvösJanuary 2, 1944 – March 24, 2024 · Music
Slobodan PraljakJanuary 2, 1945 – November 29, 2017 · Film
Iris Marion YoungJanuary 2, 1949 – August 1, 2006 · Culture
Antón LamazaresJanuary 2, 1954 – present · Art
Agathonas IakovidisJanuary 2, 1955 – August 5, 2020 · Music
Todd HaynesJanuary 2, 1961 – present · Film
Cuba Gooding Jr.January 2, 1968 – present · Film
Oleg DeripaskaJanuary 2, 1968 – present · Science
Christy TurlingtonJanuary 2, 1969 – present · Film
Eric WhitacreJanuary 2, 1970 – present · Music
Adam ElliotJanuary 2, 1972 – present · Film
Amy MainzerJanuary 2, 1974 – present · Science
Dax ShepardJanuary 2, 1975 – present · Film
Paz VegaJanuary 2, 1976 – present · Film
Jordan GallandJanuary 2, 1980 – present · Film
Bryson TillerJanuary 2, 1993 – present · Music
