What happened on January 2 ?

1642 - Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693)

1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist and Virginia Colony of Jamestown plantation owner (d. 1676)

1713 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)

1719 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (d. 1797)

1727 - James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759)

1777 - Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)

1822 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888)

1827 - Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. 1914)

1836 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917)

1837 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. 1910)

1870 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1938)

1873 - Thérèse de Lisieux, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face (d. 1897)

1877 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)

1886 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)

1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954)

1904 - Sally Rand, American fan dancer (d. 1979)

1905 - Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)

1913 - Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)

1917 - Vera Zorina, German dancer and actress (d. 2003)

1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992)

1930 - Julius LaRosa, American singer

1933 - Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist and author

1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)

1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer

1938 - Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author

1939 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist

1942 - Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

1942 - Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

1944 - Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician

1946 - Richard Cole, American tour manager of Led Zeppelin

1947 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist

1947 - Calvin Hill, American football player

1949 - Christopher Durang, American playwright

1954 - Henry Bonilla, American politician

1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein and P-Funk)

1955 - Tex Brashear, American voice actor

1958 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist

1960 - Christian Bartolf, German author and scientist

1960 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author and artist

1961 - Gabrielle Carteris, American actress

1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director

1963 - David Cone, baseball player

1963 - Edgar Martinez, baseball player

1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer

1965 - Greg Swindell, baseball player

1967 - Tia Carrere, American actress

1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor

1968 - Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion

1969 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer

1969 - Christy Turlington, American model

1969 - Róbert ?vehla, Slovak ice hockey player

1971 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player

1972 - Taye Diggs, American actor

1973 - Lucy Davis, British actress

1974 - Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model

1975 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player, former All Black captain

1975 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)

1976 - Cletidus Hunt, American football player

1976 - Danilo Di Luca, Italian professional cyclist

1976 - Paz Vega, Spanish actress

1981 - Hanno Balitsch, German footballer

1981 - Kirk Hinrich, basketball player

1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress