Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 2 January

7 of the people we track were born on 2 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

  1. Thérèse of Lisieux 1873French nundied aged 24
  2. Rudolf Clausius 1822Prussian physicistdied aged 66
  3. Mehmed IV 1642Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 51
  4. Osip Mandelstam 1891Russian poet and essayistdied aged 47
  5. Cuba Gooding Jr. 1968American actorliving, 58
  6. Osman III 1699Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 58
  7. Maxi Rodríguez 1981Argentinian footballerliving, 45