| 811 | January 2 | Birth | 1947 – Valery Shary, Belarusian weightlifter |
| 812 | January 2 | Birth | 1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist and author |
| 813 | January 2 | Birth | 1948 – Joyce Wadler, American journalist and author |
| 814 | January 2 | Birth | 1948 – Tony Woodley, English union leader |
| 815 | January 2 | Birth | 1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter |
| 816 | January 2 | Birth | 1949 – Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013) |
| 817 | January 2 | Birth | 1949 – Leijn Loevesijn, Dutch cyclist |
| 818 | January 2 | Birth | 1949 – John Turner, English cricketer (d. 2012) |
| 819 | January 2 | Birth | 1949 – Iris Marion Young, American feminist philosopher (d. 2006) |
| 820 | January 2 | Birth | 1950 – Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress |
| 821 | January 2 | Birth | 1950 – David Shifrin, American clarinet player and educator |
| 822 | January 2 | Birth | 1950 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach |
| 823 | January 2 | Birth | 1950 – Yevgeniy Yevsyukov, Russian race walker |
| 824 | January 2 | Birth | 1951 – Stipe Božić, Croatian mountaineer and photographer |
| 825 | January 2 | Birth | 1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player and coach |
| 826 | January 2 | Birth | 1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Ukrainian-American painter |
| 827 | January 2 | Birth | 1952 – Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and author |
| 828 | January 2 | Birth | 1952 – Indulis Emsis, Latvian politician, botanist, former Prime Minister of Latvia |
| 829 | January 2 | Birth | 1952 – Robbie Ftorek, American ice hockey player and coach |
| 830 | January 2 | Birth | 1952 – Christine Lavin, American singer-songwriter (Four Bitchin' Babes) |
| 831 | January 2 | Birth | 1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress |
| 832 | January 2 | Birth | 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks) (d. 2001) |
| 833 | January 2 | Birth | 1953 – Vincent Racaniello American virologist, author, and academic |
| 834 | January 2 | Birth | 1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, Dutch educator and politician |
| 835 | January 2 | Birth | 1954 – Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician |
| 836 | January 2 | Birth | 1954 – Glenn Goins, American singer and guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic) (d. 1978) |
| 837 | January 2 | Birth | 1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor |
| 838 | January 2 | Birth | 1955 – Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek singer |
| 839 | January 2 | Birth | 1955 – Vivien Savage, French singer-songwriter |
| 840 | January 2 | Birth | 1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author |