List of Famous people born on January 2nd
Sayuri Shirai
Karel Abraham
Karel Abraham is a retired motorcycle racer from the Czech Republic. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 2005 to 2019, riding in the 125cc, 250cc, Moto2 and MotoGP classes, with the exception of 2016, when he raced in the Superbike World Championship. In 2010 he won the Moto2 Valencian Grand Prix and finished third at Twin Ring Motegi in the same class. His father, also called Karel Abraham, has owned Brno Circuit since December 2005.
Yi-Hao Lin
Lin Yi-hao is a professional baseball pitcher for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL}. He played for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
John de Rantau
John de Rantau is an Indonesian film director. His film Denias Senandung Di Atas Awan was Indonesia's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but not nominated.