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Famous people born on 2 January

Who was born on 2 January, ranked by how famous each of them is today.

Bryson Tiller leads the birthdays of 2 January. Fame score 80.8, ahead of Isaac Asimov by 0.7.

  1. Bryson TillerMusiciansUnited States

    80.8turned 33

  2. Isaac AsimovWritersUnited States1920-1992

    80.11920-1992

  3. Naoki UrasawaMusiciansJapan

    76.2turned 66

Also born on 2 January

#PersonCountryCategoryFame, How we know
4thGippy GrewalIndian actor b. 1983India ★ #1Actors75.6
5thTfueAmerican streamer and esports player b. 1998United StatesStreamers74.4
6thTamer AshourEgyptian singer b. 1984Egypt ★ #1Musicians73.7
7thEric WhitacreAmerican composer b. 1970United StatesMusicians73.4
8thRoger MillerAmerican country musician (1936-1992)United StatesMusicians73.0
9thKeven YuTaiwanese general b. 1968Taiwan ★ #1Politicians72.8
10thJagmeet SinghCanadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party b. 1979Canada ★ #1Politicians72.7
11thÇağla ŞıkelTurkish actor b. 1979Turkey ★ #1Actors72.0
12thAntonio JoséSpanish singer b. 1995Spain ★ #1Musicians70.8
13thArt BezrukavenkoUkrainian content creator and social media personality b. 1997Ukraine ★ #1Creators70.4
14thKemi BadenochBritish politician and Leader of the Opposition to... b. 1980United Kingdom ★ #1Politicians69.5
15thThérèse of LisieuxFrench Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church 1873-1897France ★ #1Academics68.7
16thLa UchulúPeruvian Internet and TV celebrity b. 2001Peru ★ #1Influencers67.7
17thYūki MurataJapanese actor b. 1995JapanActors67.4
18thChristellChilean singer and musician b. 1998Chile ★ #1Musicians67.4
19thKōzō ShōdaJapanese baseball player b. 1962JapanAthletes67.3
20thJim BakkerAmerican televangelist (1940-2026)United States
21stDennis HastertAmerican politician and criminal (1942-2026)United StatesPoliticians
22ndChristopher LennertzAmerican composer b. 1972United StatesMusicians66.8
23rdDax ShepardAmerican podcaster and actor b. 1975United StatesPodcasters66.5
24thDavid GyasiBritish actor b. 1980United KingdomActors66.1
25thValeriya LanskayaRussian actress b. 1987Russia ★ #1Actors65.8
26thAkiko KosakaJapanese singer-songwriter b. 1957JapanMusicians65.4
27thYana RudkovskayaRussian television presenter and producer of Dima Bilan b. 1975RussiaActors65.3
28thHassan El RaddadEgyptian actor b. 1984EgyptActors65.0
29thAli FazalIndian actor b. 1987IndiaActors65.0
30thTaye DiggsAmerican actor b. 1971United StatesActors64.3
31stMehmed IV19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648-1687) 1642-1693TurkeyModels64.2
32ndRudolf ClausiusGerman mathematical physicist and professor (1822-1888)Scientists64.0
33rdFabio BalsamoItalian actor and comedian b. 1989Italy ★ #1Actors63.7
34thSophia SomajoSwedish singer and songwriter b. 1985Sweden ★ #1Musicians63.6
35thOsman III25th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1754-1757)TurkeyModels63.3
36thBarry GoldwaterAmerican politician and military officer (1909-1998)United StatesPoliticians63.2
37thSiobhan FinneranBritish actress b. 1966United KingdomActors63.0
38thTia CarrereAmerican actress b. 1967United StatesActors62.9
39thOsip MandelstamRussian poet and essayist (1891-1938)RussiaWriters62.8
40thGabrielle CarterisAmerican actress b. 1961United StatesActors62.6
41stCuba Gooding Jr.American actor b. 1968United StatesActors62.6
42ndKate BosworthAmerican actress b. 1983United StatesActors62.5
43rdAlexander KozlovRussian politician b. 1981RussiaPoliticians62.2
44thPéter EötvösHungarian composer and conductor (1944-2024)Hungary ★ #1Musicians61.3
45thChristy TurlingtonAmerican model b. 1969United StatesModels60.9
46thTommy MorrisonBoxer (1969-2013)United StatesAthletes60.9
47thPaz VegaSpanish actress b. 1976SpainActors60.8
48thOleg DeripaskaRussian businessman b. 1968RussiaFounders60.7
49thLoïc RémyFrench footballer b. 1987FranceFootballers59.9
50thSaud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al SaudSaudi royal and foreign minister (1940-2015)Saudi Arabia ★ #1Politicians59.9
51stShelley HennigAmerican actress and model b. 1987United StatesActors59.6
52ndClaire RushbrookEnglish actress b. 1970United KingdomActors59.4
53rdKai MeriluotoFinnish footballer b. 2003Finland ★ #1Footballers59.3
54thKane TanakaJapanese supercentenarian 1903-2022JapanBusiness Professionals58.7
55thJames MarshallAmerican actor b. 1967United StatesActors58.7
56thAvraham AbutbulIsraeli actor and singer 1961-2012Israel ★ #1Actors58.6
57thElye WahiIvorian footballer b. 2003FranceFootballers58.4
58thClaudio EcheverriArgentine footballer b. 2006Argentina ★ #1Footballers57.8
59thYury GrigorovichRussian dancer and choreographer (1927 - 2025)RussiaDirectors57.8
60thFolke BernadotteSwedish diplomat (1895-1948)SwedenPoliticians57.5
61stPernell WhitakerAmerican boxer (1964-2019)United StatesAthletes57.5
62ndBen HardyBritish actor b. 1991United KingdomActors57.4
63rdYahya SareeSpokesperson for the Houthis, a paramilitary... b. 1970Yemen ★ #157.4
64thCarla JuriSwiss actress b. 1985Switzerland ★ #1Actors57.2
65thErnest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaDuke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1784-1844)Germany ★ #157.1
66thSlobodan PraljakBosnian Croat general and war criminal (1945-2017)Bosnia and Herzegovina ★ #157.0
67thParakala PrabhakarIndian politician b. 1959IndiaPoliticians57.0
68thKazuko Fukuda1948-200557.0
69thMaxi RodriguezArgentine footballer b. 1981ArgentinaFootballers56.9
70thBeate ZschäpeGerman far-right extremist b. 1975Germany56.9
71stBarış MançoTurkish musician (1943-1999)TurkeyMusicians56.9
72ndTodd HaynesAmerican film director and screenwriter b. 1961United StatesDirectors56.8
73rdLynn ConwayAmerican computer scientist and electrical engineer 1938-2024United StatesScientists56.7
74thDziga VertovRussian-Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954)RussiaDirectors56.7
75thGoichi SudaJapanese video game designer and director b. 1968JapanWriters56.6
76thRenée Elise GoldsberryAmerican actress and singer b. 1971United StatesActors56.4
77thToshiki KaifuJapanese politician (1931-2022)JapanPoliticians56.4
78thPaul-Henri Sandaogo DamibaBurkinabé military officer and president b. 1981Burkina Faso ★ #1Politicians56.3
79thJames WolfeBritish Army officer (1727-1759)United Kingdom56.3
80thMegumi ToyoguchiJapanese voice actress and singer b. 1978JapanActors56.3
81stDaisaku IkedaJapanese Buddhist leader (1928-2023)JapanWriters56.2
82ndKirk HinrichAmerican basketball player b. 1981United StatesBasketball Players56.2
83rdNerea MartíSpanish racing driver b. 2002SpainAthletes56.1
84thYoon Se-ahSouth Korean actress b. 1978South Korea ★ #1Actors56.0
85thAdam MasinaMoroccan footballer b. 1994Morocco ★ #1Footballers56.0
86thFlorence LawrenceCanadian-American actress (1886-1938)CanadaActors56.0
87thRuth GemmellEnglish actress b. 1967United KingdomActors56.0
88thArshad NadeemPakistani Olympic javelin thrower b. 1997Pakistan ★ #1Athletes55.9
89thDavid BaileyBritish photographer b. 1938United KingdomArtists55.9
90thNadia CassiniAmerican actress (1949-2025)United StatesActors55.8
91stFrancois PienaarSouth African rugby union player b. 1967South Africa ★ #1Footballers55.8
92ndWilliam HainesAmerican actor, interior designer (1900-1973)United StatesActors55.7
93rdBasilios BessarionGreek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch... 1403-1472Academics55.7
94thAndré AcimanItalian-American writer and professor b. 1951United StatesWriters55.7
95thAnna LeeBritish actress (1913-2004)United KingdomActors55.6
96thRobert SmithsonAmerican sculptor and conceptual artist (1938-1973)United StatesArtists55.5
97thPeter GadiotBritish actor b. 1986Mexico ★ #1Actors55.5
98thArif ErdemTurkish footballer b. 1972TurkeyFootballers55.3
99thAnthony CarriganAmerican actor b. 1983United StatesActors55.3
100thJohn DowlandEnglish Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer 1563-1626Musicians55.1

Died on this day

Who died on 2 January, ranked the same way.

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Michel DelpechMusicians · 1946-201671.9Little Jimmy DickensMusicians · 1920-201566.0Richard Winters1918-201165.9Renato RascelActors · 1912-199165.1Ken BlockYouTubers · 1967-202363.7Hattori HanzōHistorical Figures · 1542-159762.4Siad BarrePoliticians · 1919-199561.2Pete PostlethwaiteActors · 1946-201160.7Frederick William IV of PrussiaPoliticians · 1795-186159.5Maria Luisa of ParmaHistorical Figures · 1751-181959.4Anne FrancisActors · 1930-201159.3Bob EinsteinComedians · 1942-201959.0Sebastian HaffnerJournalists · 1907-199958.0Guccio GucciFounders · 1881-195357.8Bertram Home Ramsay1883-194557.7Jack CarsonActors · 1910-196357.7Roman DmowskiPoliticians · 1864-193957.6Edward Burnett TylorAcademics · 1832-191757.5Ahad Ha'amWriters · 1856-192757.2Dick PowellActors · 1904-196357.0Nancy KellyActors · 1921-199557.0Zhang Xianzhong1606-164756.4Una MerkelActors · 1903-198656.4Seraphim of Sarov1754-183356.3

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