Benedikt Fürstenfelder was born on 2nd January, 1680. Catherine-Aimable Couaillet was born on 2nd January, 1795 in Arques, Seine-Maritime. Jean-Auguste Maillard was born on 2nd January, 1805 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont. Jean-Baptiste-Constant Crevier was born on 2nd January, 1824 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont. Wilhelm Bröcking was born on 2nd January, 1834 in Hamburg. Alphonse-Achille Burel was born on 2nd January, 1876 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont. Joachim Schlieter was born on 2nd January, 1924 in Leipzig.
Henri-Louis Maillardet died on 2nd January, 1842. Marie-Angélique-Rose Boquet died on 2nd January, 1844 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont. Alexander Bain died on 2nd January, 1877 in Kirkintilloch, Glasgow. Sophie-Alexandrine Crevier died on 2nd January, 1885 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont. Sir George Biddell Airy died on 2nd January, 1892 in Greenwich. Fritz Edouard Roskopf died on 2nd January, 1927. Alfred Hirsch died on 2nd January, 1994.