List of Famous people born on January 2nd

Ruth Gemmell is an English actress, known for her role in the 1997 film Fever Pitch. She is also known for her work on the television show Utopia as Jen Dugdale and the role of Carly Beaker in the Tracy Beaker franchise. In 1996, Gemmell appeared in eight episodes of the television show Silent Witness as Detective Constable Kerry Cox, then as other characters in single episodes in 2006 and 2014. Gemmell has also guest starred in several shows, including Casualty during 2014 and an episode of Midsomer Murders in 2015. She has been a leading character in the ITV series Home Fires, playing the role of cleric's wife Sarah Collingbourne.

Catherine Ann Bosworth is an American actress and model. Following minor roles in the films The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Remember the Titans (2000), she rose to prominence with her role as a young surfer in the box-office hit Blue Crush (2002).

Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. He has served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements. Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), the world's largest Buddhist lay organization, which declares approximately 12 million practitioners in 192 countries and territories, of whom more than 1.5 million reside outside of Japan as of 2012.

Sepe Elye Wahi is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.

Oleg Valerievich Znarok is a Soviet-Latvian-German professional ice hockey player and coach.

María de la Paz Campos Trigos, known professionally as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress. Her film credits include Sex and Lucia (2001), Spanglish (2004), 10 Items or Less (2006), All Roads Lead to Rome (2015), Acts of Vengeance (2017) and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). She played the role of Catalina Creel in the 2019 remake of the 1986 telenovela Cuna de lobos.

Edgar Martínez, nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi", is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a designated hitter and third baseman for the Seattle Mariners from 1987 through 2004. He served as the Mariners' hitting coach from 2015 through 2018.

Loïc Alex Teliére Hubert Rémy is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor. He was described by his former manager Didier Deschamps as "a young international who is fast and powerful with huge potential".

Fahrettin Koca is a Turkish physician and politician. He is the Minister of Health of the 66th government of Turkey. He is from Konya, Kulu, Tavşancalı village.

Carla Juri is a Swiss actress. Her acting credits include 180°, Wetlands, Finsterworld, and Blade Runner 2049.