Died On January 2nd

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Discover the most famous people who died on January 2. The list includes people like Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Pontormo, Nancy Kelly, Alexander Bain, Elmo Zumwalt. Famous personalities featured on this list, include psychologists, political leaders, philosophers and diplomats and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, Italy & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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 1 
Guccio Gucci
(Italian Businessman)
Guccio Gucci
25
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: March 26, 1881
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Florence
Died: 1953
 2 
Richard Winters
(United States Army Officer and a Decorated War Veteran)
Richard Winters
15
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 21, 1918
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2011
 3 
Alan Hale Jr.
(Actor)
Alan Hale Jr.
13
Birthdate: March 8, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1990
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 4 
Pete Postlethwaite
(Actor)
Pete Postlethwaite
7
Birthdate: February 7, 1946
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Warrington
Died: 2011
 5 
Anne Francis
(Best Known for Roles in the Film ‘Forbidden Planet, and TV Series ‘Honey West’)
Anne Francis
5
Birthdate: September 16, 1930
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ossining, New York, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 6 
Dick Powell
8
Birthdate: November 14, 1904
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mountain View, Arkansas, United States
Died: 1963
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 7 
Bob Einstein
(Actor)
Bob Einstein
6
Birthdate: November 20, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2019
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 8 
Gene Okerlund
(Professional Wrestling Interviewer)
Gene Okerlund
7
Birthdate: December 29, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brookings, South Dakota, United States
Died: 2019
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 9 
Tex Ritter
(Singer)
Tex Ritter
5
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 12, 1905
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Murvaul, Texas, USA
Died: 1974
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 10 
James Longstreet
(United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire (1880-81))
James Longstreet
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 8, 1821
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1904
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 11 
Siad Barre
(Politician)
Siad Barre
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 6, 1919
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bardhere, Italian Somalia
Died: 1995
 12 
Jack Carson
(Actor)
Jack Carson
1
Birthdate: October 27, 1910
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Carman, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 1963
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 13 
George Cole
3
Birthdate: April 2, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tooting, London, England
Died: 2008
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 14 
Paul Westphal
(Basketball player & Coach)
Paul Westphal
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 30, 1950
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Torrance, California, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 15 
Patrick O'Brian
(Novelist)
Patrick O'Brian
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 12, 1914
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
Died: 2000
 16 
Elmo Zumwalt
(Naval Officer)
Elmo Zumwalt
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 29, 1920
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2000
 17 
Richard Leakey
(Kenyan Paleoanthropologist and Chairman of the ‘Kenya Wildlife Service’)
Richard Leakey
5
Birthdate: December 19, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya
Died: 2022
 18 
Jimmy Dickens
(Singer)
Jimmy Dickens
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 19, 1920
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bolt, West Virginia, United States
Died: 2015
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 19 
Ken Block
(Rally Driver)
Ken Block
2
Listed In: Rally Drivers
Birthdate: November 21, 1967
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States
Died: 2023
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 20 
Marguerite Alibert
(French Socialite Who Became a Royal Courtesan)
Marguerite Alibert
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 9, 1890
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1971
 21 
Daryl Dragon
(Musician, Songwriter)
Daryl Dragon
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 27, 1942
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2019
 22 
Emil Jannings
(German Actor Who was the First Recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor)
Emil Jannings
3
Birthdate: July 23, 1884
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rorschach, Switzerland
Died: 1950
 23 
Sam Wyche
(American football player)
Sam Wyche
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 5, 1945
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 24 
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
6
Birthdate: May 24, 1878
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
Died: 1972
 25 
Bill Veeck
(Businessman)
Bill Veeck
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 9, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Illinois, United States
Died: 1986
 26 
Nancy Kelly
(Actress)
Nancy Kelly
1
Birthdate: March 25, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1995
 27 
John Berger
(Novelist)
John Berger
2
Birthdate: November 5, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2017
 28 
Nat Adderley
(Jazz Trumpeter)
Nat Adderley
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 25, 1931
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Died: 2000
 29 
Pontormo
(Italian Mannerist Painter and Portraitist)
Pontormo
1
Birthdate: May 24, 1494
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Empoli, Italy
Died: 1557
 30 
Erroll Garner
(pianist, composer, jazz musician)
Erroll Garner
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 15, 1921
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
Died: 1977
 31 
John Baldessari
(American Conceptual Artist Known for Found Photography and Appropriated Images)
John Baldessari
0
Birthdate: June 7, 1931
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: National City, California, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 32 
Alexander Bain
(Inventor of Electric Clock)
Alexander Bain
0
Birthdate: October 1, 1811
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Watten
Died: 1877
 33 
Montgomery C. Meigs
(United States Army Officer and Civil Engineer)
Montgomery C. Meigs
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: May 3, 1816
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Died: 1892
 34 
Thomas S. Monson
(16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Thomas S. Monson
6
Birthdate: August 21, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died: 2018
 35 
George Biddell Airy
(British Mathematician and Astronomer)
George Biddell Airy
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 27, 1801
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Died: 1892
 36 
Bertram Home Ramsay
(Navy officer)
Bertram Home Ramsay
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 20, 1883
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hampton Court or London, England
Died: 1945
 37 
Frank Muir
(British Comedy Writer, Radio and Television Personality, and Raconteur)
Frank Muir
0
Birthdate: February 5, 1920
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ramsgate, England
Died: 1998
 38 
Frederick William IV of Prussia
(Former King of Prussia (1840 - 1861))
Frederick William IV of Prussia
0
Birthdate: October 15, 1795
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1861
 39 
Galyani Vadhana
(Princess)
Galyani Vadhana
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 6, 1923
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2008
 40 
Efua Sutherland
(Playwright)
Efua Sutherland
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 27, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cape Coast, Ghana
Died: 1996
 41 
Zhang Xianzhong
(Chinese Emperor Who Ruled the Xi Dynasty From 1644 to 1646)
Zhang Xianzhong
0
Birthdate: September 18, 1606
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dingbian, China
Died: 1647
 42 
Edward Burnett Tylor
(British Anthropologist and the Founder of 'Cultural Anthropology')
Edward Burnett Tylor
0
Birthdate: October 2, 1832
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England
Died: 1917
 43 
Gerda Lerner
(Historian)
Gerda Lerner
0
Birthdate: April 30, 1920
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 2013
 44 
Teddy Kollek
(Politician)
Teddy Kollek
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 27, 1911
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nagyvázsony, Hungary
Died: 2007
 45 
George Carman
(British Barrister)
George Carman
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: October 6, 1929
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Died: 2001
 46 
Jean Vuarnet
(Alpine skier)
Jean Vuarnet
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 18, 1933
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Le Bardo, Tunisia
Died: 2017
 47 
John Wojtowicz
(Bank robber, Soldier)
John Wojtowicz
8
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: March 9, 1945
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: 2006
 48 
Travis Hirschi
(Sociologist)
Travis Hirschi
0
Birthdate: April 15, 1935
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rockville, Utah, United States
Died: 2017
 49 
Karl Goldmark
(Hungarian Composer)
Karl Goldmark
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 18, 1830
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Keszthely, Hungary
Died: 1915
 50 
Jimmy Zambo
(Singer)
Jimmy Zambo
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 20, 1958
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 2001