| 931 | January 2 | Birth | 1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer |
| 932 | January 2 | Birth | 1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker |
| 933 | January 2 | Birth | 1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress, singer, and producer |
| 934 | January 2 | Birth | 1984 – Otacílio Jales, Brazilian footballer |
| 935 | January 2 | Birth | 1985 – Ivan Dodig, Croatian tennis player |
| 936 | January 2 | Birth | 1985 – Marius Neset, Norwegian saxophonist (JazzKamikaze) |
| 937 | January 2 | Birth | 1985 – Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player |
| 938 | January 2 | Birth | 1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012) |
| 939 | January 2 | Birth | 1986 – Nicolás Bertolo, Argentinian footballer |
| 940 | January 2 | Birth | 1986 – Nathan Cohen, New Zealand rower |
| 941 | January 2 | Birth | 1986 – Trombone Shorty, American trumpet player and composer |
| 942 | January 2 | Birth | 1988 – Satomi Akesaka, Japanese voice actress |
| 943 | January 2 | Birth | 1988 – Ruth Bosibori, Kenyan runner |
| 944 | January 2 | Birth | 1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player |
| 945 | January 2 | Birth | 1987 – Jocelyn Oxlade, Filipino-British singer and model |
| 946 | January 2 | Birth | 1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer |
| 947 | January 2 | Birth | 1989 – Romain Dedola, French footballer |
| 948 | January 2 | Birth | 1989 – Bianca Knight, American sprinter |
| 949 | January 2 | Birth | 1989 – Şeref Osmanoğlu, Ukrainian-Turkish triple jumper |
| 950 | January 2 | Birth | 1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer |
| 951 | January 2 | Birth | 1990 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014) |
| 952 | January 2 | Birth | 1991 – Katrin Loo, Estonian footballer |
| 953 | January 2 | Birth | 1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer |
| 954 | January 2 | Birth | 1991 – Steele Sidebottom, Australian footballer |
| 955 | January 2 | Birth | 1992 – Anna Arina Marenko, Russian tennis player |
| 956 | January 2 | Birth | 1993 – Kirill Minov, Russian ice dancer |
| 957 | January 2 | Birth | 2001 – Christopher Barrios, Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007) |
| 958 | January 2 | Death | 1512 – Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460) |
| 959 | January 2 | Death | 1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460) |
| 960 | January 2 | Death | 1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) |