History Births on January 02

Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)

#Gilbert_Murray

Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (d. 1973)

#Ben-Zion_Dinur

Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)

#Osman_III

Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor

#Péter_Eötvös

Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

#Glen_Harmon

Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)

#Robert_Smithson

Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)

#Seiichiro_Kashio

Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)

#Dziga_Vertov

Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (d. 2010)

#Dan_Rostenkowski

Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)

#Marie_Dumesnil

Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)

#Pyotr_Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)

#Rudolf_Clausius

David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster

#David_Cone

Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia

#Rodney_MacDonald

Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (d. 1938)

#Ernst_Barlach

Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion

#Anky_van_Grunsven

Calvin Hill, American football player

#Calvin_Hill

Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)

#Queen_Emma_of_Hawaii

Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)

#Giovanni_Michelucci

Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan

#Toshiki_Kaifu

Gabrielle Carteris, American actress

#Gabrielle_Carteris

David Bailey, English photographer and painter

#David_Bailey

Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player

#Reuben_Thorne

Craig James, American football player and sportscaster

#Craig_James_(running_back)

Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)

#Bertram_Stevens_(politician)

Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (d. 1929)

#Tex_Rickard

M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)

#M._Carey_Thomas

Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (d. 1970)

#Mannathu_Padmanabha_Pillai

Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician

#Robert_Wexler

Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)

#Christian_Daniel_Rauch

Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)

#Mehmed_IV

Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Brian_Boucher

Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)

#Gordon_Flowerdew

Edgar Martínez, American baseball player

#Edgar_Martínez

Jim Bakker, American televangelist

#Jim_Bakker

Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)

#Thérèse_of_Lisieux

William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist

#William_Fox-Pitt

William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (d. 1928)

#William_Corless_Mills

Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004)

#Anna_Lee

Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)

#Janet_Akyüz_Mattei

Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer

#Lynn_Conway

Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

#Dennis_Hastert

Gino Marchetti, American football player

#Gino_Marchetti

Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager

#Mattias_Norström

Tomáš ?epka, Czech footballer

#Tomáš_?epka

Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player

#Francois_Pienaar

Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat

#Thomas_Hammarberg

Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 1992)

#Roger_Miller

Christy Turlington, American model

#Christy_Turlington

Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author (d. 1998)

#Barry_Goldwater

William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2007)

#William_J._Crowe

Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1869)

#Guglielmo_Libri_Carucci_dalla_Sommaja

Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (d. 1959)

#Apsley_Cherry-Garrard

Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland

#Tellervo_Koivisto

Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)

#Mendele_Mocher_Sforim

Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)

#Riccardo_Cassin

Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)

#Mily_Balakirev

Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

#Korbin_Sims

Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia

#Indulis_Emsis

Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)

#Saud_bin_Faisal_bin_Abdulaziz_Al_Saud

James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)

#James_Wolfe

Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

#Luigi_Zampa

Kate Bosworth, American actress

#Kate_Bosworth

Tia Carrere, American actress

#Tia_Carrere

Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician

#Henry_Bonilla

Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (d. 1939)

#Bob_Marshall_(wilderness_activist)

Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner

#Ludmila_Formanová

Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)

#Antonie_Pannekoek

Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)

#Dan_Keating

Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia

#Norodom_Ranariddh

Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor

#Eric_Whitacre

Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)

#Piero_di_Cosimo

Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist (d. 1981)

#Walter_Heitler

Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author

#Jack_Hanna

Y?zei, Japanese emperor (d. 949)

#Emperor_Y?zei

Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City

#Jón_Gnarr

Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)

#Dugald_Campbell_Patterson

Évelyne Trouillot, Haitian playwright and author

#Évelyne_Trouillot

Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player

#Stefan_Koubek

Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer

#Maxi_Rodríguez

Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)

#Folke_Bernadotte

Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress

#Renée_Elise_Goldsberry

Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player

István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter

Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer

Pernell Whitaker, American boxer

Paula Hamilton, English model

Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician

Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)

Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter

David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic

Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer

Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (d. 1979)

Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943)

Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)

Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992)

Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (d. 1998)

Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person

Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy (d. 1965)

Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (d. 1965)

Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)

Artur Rodzi?ski, Polish-American conductor (d. 1958)

Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (d. 1893)

František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)

Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)

Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (d. 1572)