Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 2

Births

 * 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992) (pictured)
 * 1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
 * 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer (d. 2017)
 * 1940 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist
 * 1942 - Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 * 1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
 * 1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress

Deaths

 * 1726 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. 1688)
 * 1963 - Dick Powell, American actor (b. 1904)
 * 1974 - Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
 * 1990 - Alan Hale Jr., American actor (b. 1918)