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History Births on January 02

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History Births on January 02

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

#Gilbert_Murray

In 1866

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

#Ben-Zion_Dinur

In 1884

Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)

#Osman_III

In 1699

Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor

#Péter_Eötvös

In 1944

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

#Glen_Harmon

In 1921

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

#Robert_Smithson

In 1938

Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)

#Seiichiro_Kashio

In 1892

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

#Dziga_Vertov

In 1896

Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (d. 2010)

#Dan_Rostenkowski

In 1928

Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)

#Marie_Dumesnil

In 1713

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

#Pyotr_Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

In 1827

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

#Rudolf_Clausius

In 1822

David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster

#David_Cone

In 1963

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

#Rodney_MacDonald

In 1972

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

#Ernst_Barlach

In 1870

Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion

#Anky_van_Grunsven

In 1968

Calvin Hill, American football player

#Calvin_Hill

In 1947

Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)

#Queen_Emma_of_Hawaii

In 1836

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

#Giovanni_Michelucci

In 1891

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

#Toshiki_Kaifu

In 1931

Gabrielle Carteris, American actress

#Gabrielle_Carteris

In 1961

David Bailey, English photographer and painter

#David_Bailey

In 1938

Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player

#Reuben_Thorne

In 1975

Craig James, American football player and sportscaster

#Craig_James_(running_back)

In 1961

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

#Bertram_Stevens_(politician)

In 1889

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

#Tex_Rickard

In 1870

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

#M._Carey_Thomas

In 1857

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

#Mannathu_Padmanabha_Pillai

In 1878

Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician

#Robert_Wexler

In 1961

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

#Christian_Daniel_Rauch

In 1777

Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)

#Mehmed_IV

In 1642

Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Brian_Boucher

In 1977

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

#Gordon_Flowerdew

In 1885

Edgar Martínez, American baseball player

#Edgar_Martínez

In 1963

Jim Bakker, American televangelist

#Jim_Bakker

In 1940

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

#Thérèse_of_Lisieux

In 1873

William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist

#William_Fox-Pitt

In 1969

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

#William_Corless_Mills

In 1860

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

#Anna_Lee

In 1913

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

#Janet_Akyüz_Mattei

In 1943

Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer

#Lynn_Conway

In 1938

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

#Dennis_Hastert

In 1942

Gino Marchetti, American football player

#Gino_Marchetti

In 1927

Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager

#Mattias_Norström

In 1972

Tomáš ?epka, Czech footballer

#Tomáš_?epka

In 1974

Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player

#Francois_Pienaar

In 1965

Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat

#Thomas_Hammarberg

In 1942

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

#Roger_Miller

In 1936

Christy Turlington, American model

#Christy_Turlington

In 1969

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

#Barry_Goldwater

In 1909

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

#William_J._Crowe

In 1925

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

#Guglielmo_Libri_Carucci_dalla_Sommaja

In 1803

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

#Apsley_Cherry-Garrard

In 1886

Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland

#Tellervo_Koivisto

In 1929

Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)

#Mendele_Mocher_Sforim

In 1836

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

#Riccardo_Cassin

In 1909

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

#Mily_Balakirev

In 1837

Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

#Korbin_Sims

In 1992

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

#Indulis_Emsis

In 1952

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

In 1940

James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)

#James_Wolfe

In 1727

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

#Luigi_Zampa

In 1905

Kate Bosworth, American actress

#Kate_Bosworth

In 1983

Tia Carrere, American actress

#Tia_Carrere

In 1967

Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician

#Henry_Bonilla

In 1954

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

#Bob_Marshall_(wilderness_activist)

In 1901

Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner

#Ludmila_Formanová

In 1974

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

#Antonie_Pannekoek

In 1873

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

#Dan_Keating

In 1902

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

#Norodom_Ranariddh

In 1944

Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor

#Eric_Whitacre

In 1970

Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)

#Piero_di_Cosimo

In 1462

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

#Walter_Heitler

In 1904

Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author

#Jack_Hanna

In 1947

Y?zei, Japanese emperor (d. 949)

#Emperor_Y?zei

In 869

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

#Jón_Gnarr

In 1967

Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)

#Dugald_Campbell_Patterson

In 1860

Évelyne Trouillot, Haitian playwright and author

#Évelyne_Trouillot

In 1954

Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player

#Stefan_Koubek

In 1977

Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer

#Maxi_Rodríguez

In 1981

Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)

#Folke_Bernadotte

In 1895

Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress

#Renée_Elise_Goldsberry

In 1971

Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player

In 1988

István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter

In 1969

Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer

In 1968

Pernell Whitaker, American boxer

In 1964

Paula Hamilton, English model

In 1961

Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician

In 1959

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

In 1949

Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter

In 1949

David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic

In 1947

Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer

In 1944

Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (d. 1979)

In 1919

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

In 1918

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

In 1917

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

In 1913

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

In 1905

Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living person

In 1903

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

In 1900

Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (d. 1965)

In 1897

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

In 1896

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

In 1892

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

In 1833

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

In 1732

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

In 1647

Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (d. 1572)

In 1509

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