List of Famous people born on January 2nd

Jhon Carlos Chancellor Cedeño is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Brescia.

Inna Alexandrovna Gomes is a Russian actress and model, called "the best Russian model of November 2001" by Model Cast.

Georges Blanc is a French chef and restaurateur, with three Michelin stars and four toques from the guide Gault et Millau.

Alexander Alexandrovich Kozlov is the Russian politician who serves as the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia since 10 November 2020.

Arif Erdem is a retired Turkish international footballer of Albanian descent and the former manager of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He played in the forward position. Starting out with local club Zeytinburnuspor in 1990, Arif had a decorated 15-year professional career. He scored 106 goals in 341 league matches and finished joint top scorer of the Süper Lig with İlhan Mansız at the conclusion of the 2001–02 season.

Nathalie Petrowski is a French-born Canadian journalist and writer living in Quebec.

David Kwaku Asamoah Gyasi is a British actor of Ghanaian descent. He is best known for his roles in Cloud Atlas (2012) and Interstellar (2014), as well as the lead role of Lex Carnahan in The CW miniseries Containment.

Ahu Türkpençe is a Turkish actress.

Marcelo Costa de Andrade is a Brazilian serial killer who murdered 14 boys in the vicinity of Itaboraí, about 30 kilometers from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, in 1991.

Farouk El-Baz is an Egyptian American space scientist and geologist, who worked with NASA in the scientific exploration of the Moon and the planning of the Apollo program. He was a leading geologist on the program, responsible for studying the geology of the Moon, the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions, and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography. He played a key role in the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, and later Apollo missions. He also came up with the idea of touchable Moon rocks at a museum, inspired by his childhood pilgimage to Mecca where he touched the Black Stone.