List of Famous people born on January 2nd

Alexey Igorevich Marchenko is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Marchenko was drafted 205th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Goro Ibuki is a Japanese actor.　He is known for his parts in jidaigeki television dramas especially Kakusan in Mito Kōmon series,　but is known as part of the cast of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger as Hikoma Kusakabe.

Vladyslav Viktorovych Vashchuk is a retired Ukrainian football defender who last played for FC Volyn Lutsk.

Todd Haynes is an American filmmaker from Los Angeles, California. His films span four decades with consistent themes examining the personalties of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender roles.

Aslan Esbolaiuly Musin is a retired Kazakh politician who is the former Chair of Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan. He has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan since 10 January 2007. and previously served as Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of Kazakhstan from 4 October 2006 to 9 January 2007. Prior to that he served as the Äkim of Atyrau Region. On 13 October 2008, he was appointed Head of the President's Administration and is recognized to be one of the most influential and successful politicians in Kazakhstan.

Christy Nicole Turlington Burns is an American model, charity-founder and campaigner, and filmmaker. She represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014, and also represents Maybelline. Turlington was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year in 2013, and, in 2014, was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Turlington initially attracted fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a supermodel. Grace Coddington, the long-time creative director of American Vogue magazine, has described Turlington as "the most beautiful woman in the world."

Hsueh Ling is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party who is in the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.

Lachlan David Morton is an Australian professional road racing cyclist and mountain biker, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.

Ivan Dodig is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high ATP rankings are world No. 29 in singles and world No. 4 in doubles. Dodig is a Grand Slam champion after winning the 2015 French Open men's doubles title with Marcelo Melo, and 2021 Australian Open men's doubles title with Filip Polášek, adding the mixed-doubles titles at Roland-Garros in 2018 and 2019 with Latisha Chan.

Stephen Reed Benson, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.