List of Famous people born on January 2nd

Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi was the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 2016.

Paulo Dino Gazzaniga is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Elche CF on loan from Tottenham Hotspur and the Argentina national team.

Arsen Borysovych Avakov is a Ukrainian politician and businessman. Since 2014, he has served as Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, first being appointed in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. He was reappointed to the same position by every successive government since then, most recently in March 2020 in the Shmyhal Government led by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Between 2005 and 2010 Avakov was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast. In 2013, Avakov was 118th richest person in Ukraine worth 100 million dollars.

Bryson Djuan Tiller is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter.

Jacobus Francois Pienaar is a retired South African rugby union player. He played flanker for South Africa from 1993 until 1996, winning 29 international caps, all of them as captain. He is best known for leading South Africa to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. After being dropped from the Springbok team in 1996, Pienaar went on to a career with English club Saracens.

Sergey Victorovich Zhigunov is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. Commander of the Order of Honour and of the Order of Friendship. Honored Artist of Russia (1995).

Jón Gnarr is an Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician who served as the Mayor of Reykjavík from 2010 to 2014.

Karl-Heinz Grasser is a former Austrian politician, who held the office of Austrian Finance Minister from February 2000 to January 2007 as a member of the two subsequent governments of Wolfgang Schüssel. While at the time praised by many for consolidating Austria's budget, he has since then been known for his involvement in major corruption scandals. For some time, he was also some kind of a jet set person after marrying Fiona Swarovski, the heir of the Swarovski crystal manufacturers in Tyrol, Austria.

Walther Hewel was a German diplomat before and during World War II, an early and active member of the Nazi Party, and one of German dictator Adolf Hitler's personal friends.

Oliver John Douglas Pope is an English professional cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who sometimes plays as a wicket-keeper.