List of Famous people born on January 2nd

Robert Wesley Gordon is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, IndyCar, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. He is still very actively racing in top tier off road motorsports such as BITD, NORRA, and SCORE International.

Ismaël Bangoura is a Guinean football forward who plays Al-Taraji. Although his primary position is striker, Bangoura has also played as a winger and attacking midfielder.

Karina Smirnoff is a Soviet-born American professional ballroom dancer of Ukrainian origins. She is known as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars, winning the thirteenth season with army veteran and soap opera star J. R. Martinez. She's also won two runner-up titles, a semifinal title, and several quarterfinal titles.

Aaron Arthur Cook is a British-born Moldovan taekwondo athlete, who has been ranked the number one in the men's −80 kg division on several occasions. He is a three-time European champion having won the −80 kg title at the European Taekwondo Championships in 2010, 2012 representing Great Britain and 2014 representing the Isle of Man, and was the world junior champion in the −78 kg division in 2008.

Akil Thomas is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Los Angeles Kings. Prior to the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Thomas was projected as a top eligible draft pick. He was eventually drafted in the second round, 51st overall, by the Los Angeles Kings.

Jessie Kong Liu is an American attorney who was the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. She previously worked as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Treasury and served at the Justice Department. In 2020, she joined the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a partner.

Wakaba Higuchi is a Japanese figure skater competing in the ladies' singles discipline. She is the 2018 World silver medalist, a two-time World Junior bronze medalist, the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a four-time Japan senior national medalist. She also won three medals on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating circuit.

Benjamin Nivet is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

José Ramon Marmolejos, sometimes referred to as José Marmolejos-Diaz, is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners.

Kirk James Hinrich is an American former professional basketball player. He has also been a member of the USA National Team.