45+ Celebrities Born on January 2

Jules Burke
May 13, 2024 49 items

Stars align in more ways than one on January 2nd, a day that seems to have a knack for bringing some of our favorite celebrities and historical figures both living and deceased into the world. This list celebrates those stars who share this special winter birthday, highlighting not just their birthdate but also the diverse talents they bring to the entertainment industry. From actors, such as Kate Bosworth, and singers, like Syesha Mercado, to directors, such as Todd Haynes, and writers, like Isaac Asimov, get ready to discover which of your favorite celebs cut their birthday cakes right after the New Year's fireworks fade. Whether itā€™s drawing inspiration or just feeding curiosity, hereā€™s why these January 2nd-born celebrities deserve a shoutout!

  • Kate Bosworth
    Born on January 2, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, Catherine Ann Bosworth, known professionally as Kate Bosworth, has carved an impressive niche for herself in the world of entertainment. Raised in a military family, Bosworth's early life saw her move from town to town, an experience that instilled in her resilience and adaptability. She developed an interest in horse riding during her childhood, earning champion equestrian status before she hit her teenage years. However, it was a turn in Robert Redford's film The Horse Whisperer in 1998 that would mark the beginning of her acting career and set the trajectory for her future successes. Bosworth quickly made a name for herself in Hollywood with her role as the surfing sensation Anne Marie Chadwick in the 2002 sports drama film Blue Crush. Her performance, coupled with her natural talent for athletics, led to her becoming a household name and opened up numerous opportunities. In 2006, she embraced the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns, demonstrating her versatility in acting by moving from action-packed roles to more complex characters. Her performances have consistently earned her acclaim, including her mesmerizing portrayal of Sandra Dee in the biographical drama Beyond the Sea. In addition to her acting career, Bosworth has ventured into the world of producing and fashion. In 2013, Bosworth co-founded the app Style Thief, which allowed users to take photos of clothing and search for similar styles online. Furthermore, she launched her own jewelry line with her husband, Michael Polish, under the brand name JewelMint. A multi-talented personality, Bosworth continues to be a significant influence in both the entertainment and fashion industries, inspiring millions with her screen performances and entrepreneurial spirit. Her journey from a young equestrian to an accomplished actress and business woman is a testament to her commitment and passion for excellence.
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  • Christy Turlington Burns
    Christy Turlington Burns is a figure who has enjoyed an illustrious career both in the fashion industry and as a philanthropist. Born on January 2, 1969 in Walnut Creek, California, she embarked on her modeling career at the tender age of 14. Over the years, she carved out an impressive career, gracing the covers of major fashion magazines and becoming one of the original five supermodels, along with renowned figures like Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford. Aside from her work in front of the camera, Turlington Burns also delved into education, earning a BA from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1999. In the wake of a personal health scare during childbirth, Turlington Burns pivoted her focus towards maternal health, advocating for mothers around the globe. She became a passionate advocate for maternal health, founding the non-profit organization Every Mother Counts in 2010. This organization is dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for all mothers, globally. Her advocacy work extends beyond the foundation, having produced and directed the documentary No Woman, No Cry in 2010 to raise awareness about the global maternal health crisis. In addition to her modeling career and philanthropic endeavors, Turlington Burns has also explored different ventures. She penned Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice, published in 2002, which details her personal journey with yoga and its profound impact on her life. Moreover, she has launched several business ventures, such as her skincare line, Sundari, and a line of ayurvedic products. Through her many accomplishments, Christy Turlington Burns has proven herself to be not only a successful model but also a dedicated philanthropist, entrepreneur, and author.
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  • Tia Carrere
    Althea Rae Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere (), is an American actress and singer who obtained her first big break as a regular on the daytime soap opera General Hospital. She played Cassandra Wong in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2; Juno Skinner in True Lies; Nani Pelekai in Lilo & Stitch, its sequel films and Lilo & Stitch: The Series; Queen Tyr'ahnee in Duck Dodgers; Richard Lewis' girlfriend, Cha Cha, in Curb Your Enthusiasm; and starred as Sydney Fox in the television series Relic Hunter. She appeared as a contestant in the second season of Dancing with the Stars and the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice.
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  • Cuba Gooding, Jr.
    Cuba Gooding, Jr. is an acclaimed American actor who has made a significant impact in the world of film and television. Born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York, his journey to stardom began with a breakout role in the critically acclaimed film Boyz n the Hood in 1991. However, it was his Oscar-winning performance as Rod Tidwell in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire that solidified his place in Hollywood. Gooding's infectious enthusiasm and memorable line, "Show me the money!" made him a household name and demonstrated his versatility as an actor. In addition to his success in film, Gooding has also made notable contributions to the television industry. He portrayed O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story in 2016, a role which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. His diverse body of work ranges from intense dramas like A Few Good Men to comedies such as Rat Race, showcasing his ability to adapt to a variety of characters and genres. Despite facing personal challenges and controversies throughout his career, Gooding's commitment to his craft has remained unwavering. He has continued to impress audiences with his powerful performances in films like Radio and Men of Honor. His dedication to acting is evident in his extensive resume, which spans over three decades and includes more than 85 film and television credits. Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s enduring legacy in the entertainment industry serves as a testament to his talent, tenacity, and passion for performing.
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  • Taye Diggs
    A multitalented figure, Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs carved a niche for himself in the realms of both stage and screen. Born on January 2, 1971, in Newark, New Jersey, he was raised alongside his five siblings in Rochester, New York. His early interest in performing arts led him to attend the School of the Arts, where he developed a passion for acting. This passion propelled him to Syracuse University, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater. Diggs's career took off with his role in the original production of the Broadway musical Rent in 1996. His compelling portrayal of Benny, a former bohemian turned yuppie landlord, showcased his potent acting abilities and charismatic presence, earning him widespread recognition. However, it was his performance as the titular character in the Broadway revamp of Hedwig and the Angry Inch that solidified his status as a versatile actor. Simultaneously, he made a successful transition to the silver screen, starring in noteworthy films like How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Best Man, and its sequel The Best Man Holiday. On television, Diggs has been equally impressive. He won hearts with his performance as Dr. Sam Bennett in the popular medical drama series Private Practice. Another standout role came with the crime drama Murder in the First, where he played the lead character of Terry English. Off-screen, Diggs has authored children's books, demonstrating his knack for storytelling.
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  • Paz Vega
    Paz Vega ([paĪøĖˆĪ²eÉ£a]; born 2 January 1976) is a Spanish actress. Her film credits include Sex and Lucia (2001), Spanglish (2004), 10 Items or Less (2006), All Roads Lead to Rome (2015), and in Rambo: Last Blood (2019).
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  • Dax Shepard
    Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, writer, director and podcast host. He is best known for his work in the feature films Without a Paddle (2004), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Employee of the Month (2006), Idiocracy (2006), Let's Go to Prison (2006), Hit and Run (2012), and CHiPs (2017), the last pair of which he also wrote and directed, and the MTV practical joke reality series Punk'd (2003). He portrayed Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy-drama series Parenthood from 2010 to 2015. Since 2018, he has hosted the popular podcast Armchair Expert.
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  • Barry Goldwater
    Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 ā€“ May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953ā€“1965, 1969ā€“1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement.Goldwater rejected the legacy of the New Deal and fought with the conservative coalition against the New Deal coalition. Although he had supported earlier civil rights legislation, he notably opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as he believed it to be an overreach by the federal government. In 1964, Goldwater mobilized a large conservative constituency to win the hard-fought Republican presidential primaries. Although raised as an Episcopalian, Goldwater was the first candidate of ethnically Jewish heritage to be nominated for President by a major American party (his father was Jewish). Goldwater's platform ultimately failed to gain the support of the electorate and he lost the 1964 presidential election to incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson. Goldwater returned to the Senate in 1969 and specialized in defense and foreign policy. As an elder statesman of the party, Goldwater successfully urged President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974 when evidence of a cover-up in the Watergate scandal became overwhelming and impeachment was imminent. Goldwater's views grew more libertarian as he reached the end of his career; he retired from the Senate in 1987. A significant accomplishment of his career was the passage of the Goldwaterā€“Nichols Act of 1986. He was succeeded by John McCain, who praised his predecessor as the man who "transformed the Republican Party from an Eastern elitist organization to the breeding ground for the election of Ronald Reagan." Goldwater strongly supported the 1980 presidential campaign of Reagan, who had become the standard-bearer of the conservative movement after his "A Time for Choosing" speech. Reagan reflected many of the principles of Goldwater's earlier run in his campaign. The Washington Post columnist George Will took note of this, writing: "We [...] who voted for him in 1964 believe he won, it just took 16 years to count the votes." After leaving the Senate, Goldwater's views cemented as libertarian. He criticized the "moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others [in the Republican Party] who are trying to...make a religious organization out of it." He lobbied for homosexuals to be able to serve openly in the military, opposed the Clinton administration's plan for health care reform, and supported abortion rights and the legalization of medicinal marijuana. In 1997, Goldwater was revealed to be in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. He died one year later at the age of 89.
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  • Isaac Asimov
    Isaac Asimov (; c.ā€‰January 2, 1920 ā€“ April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.Asimov wrote hard science fiction. Along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the "Foundation" series, the first three books of which won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. His other major series are the "Galactic Empire" series and the Robot series. The Galactic Empire novels are set in earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. Later, with Foundation and Earth (1986), he linked this distant future to the Robot stories, creating a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He also wrote hundreds of short stories, including the social science fiction novelette "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted the best short science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction. Most of his popular science books explain concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. Examples include Guide to Science, the three-volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery. He wrote on numerous other scientific and non-scientific topics, such as chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, history, biblical exegesis, and literary criticism. He was president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, a crater on the planet Mars, a Brooklyn elementary school, and a literary award are named in his honor.
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  • Karina Smirnoff
    Karina Smirnoff (Russian: ŠšŠ°Ń€ŠøŠ½Š° Š”Š¼ŠøрŠ½Š¾Š²Š°; January 2, 1978) is an American professional ballroom dancer of Ukrainian origins. She is known as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars, winning the thirteenth season with army veteran and soap opera star J. R. Martinez. She's also won two runner-up titles, a semifinal title, and several quarterfinal titles. She is a five-time U.S. National Champion, World Trophy Champion, and Asian Open Champion. Smirnoff has won the title at the UK Open, is a three-time champion at the US Open, two-time champion at the Asian Open, five-time champion at the Dutch Open, and five-time US National Professional Champion. She has taken second at the British Open Blackpool Dance Festival and she is the first woman to also ever make the "British Professional Final" with three different partners.
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  • Shelley Hennig
    Shelley Catherine Hennig (born January 2, 1987) is an American model and actress. She is also a beauty pageant titleholder who held the Miss Teen USA 2004 title. She played Stephanie Johnson on Days of Our Lives and starred in the CW series The Secret Circle as Diana Meade. She played the character Malia Tate in Teen Wolf. Hennig also starred in horror films Unfriended as Blaire Lily and Ouija as Debbie Galardi. She has been nominated for two Emmys for her role on Days of Our Lives. She has won a 2016 Teen Choice Award.
  • Ian Brady
    Ian BradyĀ (bornĀ Ian Duncan StewartĀ on January 2, 1938 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland) is a notorious Scottish serial killer. Brady is known primarily for his role in a series of murders that took place in Greater Manchester between 1963 and 1965. These were dubbed theĀ Moors murders, as several victims were buried along the Saddleworth Moor near Oldham in Lancashire.
  • Albert C. Barnes
    Albert Coombs Barnes (January 2, 1872 ā€“ July 24, 1951) was an American chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, and educator, and the founder of the Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania.
  • Calvin Hill
    Calvin G. Hill (born January 2, 1947) is a retired American football player. He played running back in the National Football League for twelve seasons. Hill played for the NFL Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Browns. He also played a season with The Hawaiians of the World Football League in 1975. Hill was named to the Pro Bowl team four times (1969, 1972, 1973, and 1974). In 1972, he became the first Cowboy running back to have a 1,000-yard rushing season (with 1,036 yards rushing); he repeated the feat in the following season with 1,142 yards rushing. Yale University conferred Hill with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at its 2016 commencement. "You are a Yale legend" is the opening sentence of the citation honoring Hill.
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  • Gabrielle Carteris
    Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961) is an American actress and trade union leader. Her best known acting role was as Andrea Zuckerman during the early seasons of the 1990s television series Beverly Hills, 90210. In 2012, Carteris was elected as executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA, a trade union representing over 100,000 actors and other professionals mainly in the United States. She assumed the position of acting president of the union following the death of the previous president, Ken Howard, on March 23, 2016. On April 9, 2016, Carteris was elected SAG-AFTRA president.
  • Jim Bakker

    Jim Bakker

    James Orsen Bakker (; born January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist, former Assemblies of God minister and former host (with his then-wife, Tammy Faye Bakker) of The PTL Club, an evangelical Christian television program. Bakker is also known for building Heritage USA in Fort Mill, South Carolina, a former Christian theme park which opened in 1978 and closed in 1989. He has written several books, including I Was Wrong and Time Has Come: How to Prepare Now for Epic Events Ahead. A cover-up of hush money paid to a church secretary, Jessica Hahn, for an alleged rape led to his resignation from the ministry. Subsequent revelations of accounting fraud brought about his conviction, imprisonment and divorce. Bakker later remarried and returned to televangelism, where he founded his new ministry Morningside Church in Blue Eye, Missouri and currently hosts The Jim Bakker Show, which focuses on the end of days and return of Christ.
  • Edgar MartĆ­nez
    Edgar MartĆ­nez (born January 2, 1963), nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a designated hitter and third baseman for the Seattle Mariners from 1987 through 2004. He served as the Mariners' hitting coach from 2015 through 2018. MartĆ­nez grew up in Dorado, Puerto Rico. Not highly regarded as a prospect, he signed with the Mariners as a free agent in 1982, and was given a small signing bonus. He made his major league debut in 1987, but did not establish himself as a full-time player until 1990. In the 1995 American League Division Series, he hit "The Double", which won the series and increased public support for Mariners baseball as they attempted to fund a new stadium. He continued to play until 2004, when injuries forced him to retire. MartĆ­nez was a seven-time MLB All-Star, five-time Silver Slugger, and two-time batting champion. He is one of 18 MLB players to record a batting average of .300, an on-base percentage of .400, and a slugging percentage of .500 in 5,000 or more plate appearances. The Mariners retired his uniform number and inducted him into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame. MartĆ­nez was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.
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  • Jack Hanna

    Jack Hanna

    John Bushnell "Jack" Hanna (born January 2, 1947) is an American zookeeper who is the director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. He was director of the zoo from 1978 to 1992, and is viewed as largely responsible for elevating its quality and reputation. His media appearances, particularly with David Letterman, Good Morning America, and Maury Povich have made him one of the most notable animal experts in the United States.
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  • Syesha Mercado
    Syesha Raquel Mercado (born January 2, 1987) is an American singer songwriter, actress, and model. Mercado was the third-place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Mercado was on The One: Making a Music Star and she won Florida Super Singer. Her musical influences are Whitney Houston, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Zap Mama, Lauryn Hill, and Aretha Franklin.On June 25, 2009, Mercado was officially confirmed to have landed the lead role of Deena Jones in the United States national tour of Dreamgirls that also opened internationally in Japan. The tour began at the Apollo Theater on November 7, 2009.
  • Pernell Whitaker
    Pernell Whitaker, Sr. (January 2, 1964 ā€“ July 14, 2019) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer. He was a four-weight world champion, having won titles at lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight; the undisputed lightweight title; and the lineal lightweight and welterweight titles. In 1989, Whitaker was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. From 1993 to 1997, The Ring ranked him as the best active boxer in the world, pound for pound. He currently holds the longest unified lightweight championship reign in boxing history at six title defenses. Whitaker is generally regarded as one of the greatest defensive boxers of all-time.As an amateur, Whitaker won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1982 World Championships, followed by gold at the 1983 Pan American Games and 1984 Olympics. After his retirement in 2001, Whitaker returned to the sport as a trainer. In 2002, The Ring ranked him tenth in their list of "The 100 Greatest Fighters of the Last 80 Years". In 2006, Whitaker was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility.
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  • Judith Miller
    Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator known for her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, which was later discovered to have been based on inaccurate information from the intelligence community. She worked in The New York Times' Washington bureau before joining Fox News in 2008. Miller co-wrote a book Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, which became a top New York Times best seller shortly after she became a victim of a hoax anthrax letter at the time of the 2001 anthrax attacks.The New York Times determined that several stories she wrote about Iraq were inaccurate, and she was forced to resign from the paper in 2005. According to commentator Ken Silverstein, Miller's Iraq reporting "effectively ended her career as a respectable journalist". Miller defended her reporting, stating "My job isn't to assess the government's information and be an independent intelligence analyst myself. My job is to tell readers of The New York Times what the government thought about Iraq's arsenal." She published a memoir, The Story: A Reporter's Journey, in April 2015.Miller was involved in the Plame Affair, where Valerie Plame was outed as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy by Bush administration official Scooter Libby after her husband published a New York Times op-ed casting doubts on claims that Saddam Hussein sought to purchase uranium from Africa. Miller spent 85 days in jail for refusing to reveal that her source in the Plame Affair was Scooter Libby. Later, she contributed to the conservative Fox News Channel and Newsmax, and was a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute.
  • Florence Lawrence
    Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 ā€“ December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as the "first movie star," and was the first film actor to be named publicly. At the height of her fame in the 1910s, she was known as the "Biograph Girl" for work as one of the leading ladies in silent films from the Biograph Company. She appeared in almost 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career.
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  • Kirk Hinrich
    Kirk James Hinrich (born January 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He has also been a member of the USA National Team. Growing up in Sioux City, Iowa, Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age. His father, Jim, coached him from the third grade through high school.As a high school senior, Hinrich was named the 1999 Co-Iowa Mr. Basketball, along with future college teammate and roommate Nick Collison. Hinrich originally committed to play basketball at Iowa State but when the coach at the time, Tim Floyd, took the head coaching position for the NBA's Chicago Bulls, Hinrich changed his mind and decided to attend the University of Kansas. Hinrich helped Kansas to consecutive Final Fours in 2002 and 2003, his junior and seniors seasons. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the seventh pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, where he earned the nickname "Captain Kirk." Hinrich is the Bulls' all-time leader in three-point field goals. After seven seasons with the Bulls, he had short stints with the Washington Wizards and Atlanta Hawks before returning to the Bulls in 2012. In 2016, he was traded back to the Atlanta Hawks.
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  • Erica Hubbard
    Erica Hubbard (born January 2 1979) is an American actress and model. Hubbard is best known for her roles as Kiana Anderson in 2006's Akeelah and the Bee, Cassandra "Cassie" Sutton on the ABC Family series Lincoln Heights and Kita Whitmore on Let's Stay Together on the BET network. She is also the voice of Abbey for the TV series The Replacements. She created "The Erica Hubbard Foundation" to help youth in at-risk communities.
  • Chandra Davis
    Chandra Davis (born January 2, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan)[1], a.k.a. London Charles and Deelishis, is an American model, and former reality show contestant. She is best known as the winner of VH1's hit reality TV show Flavor of Love 2.
  • Anna Lee
    Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 ā€“ 14 May 2004) was a British-born American actress.
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  • Roger Miller
    Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 ā€“ October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country and pop hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era. After growing up in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Army, Miller began his musical career as a songwriter in the late 1950s, writing such hits as "Billy Bayou" and "Home" for Jim Reeves and "Invitation to the Blues" for Ray Price. He later began a recording career and reached the peak of his fame in the mid-1960s, continuing to record and tour into the 1990s, charting his final top 20 country hit "Old Friends" with Willie Nelson in 1982. He also wrote and performed several of the songs for the 1973 Disney animated film Robin Hood. Later in his life, he wrote the music and lyrics for the 1985 Tony-award winning Broadway musical Big River, in which he acted. Miller died from lung cancer in 1992 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame three years later. His songs continued to be recorded by other singers, with covers of "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson and "Husbands and Wives" by Brooks & Dunn; both reached the number one spot on country charts in the 1990s. The Roger Miller Museum in his home town of Erick, Oklahoma, was a tribute to Miller.
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  • Will Kirby
    William Kirby is an aesthetic dermatologist, an associate clinical professor of dermatology, and a reality television personality. He is known for winning the CBS reality show Big Brother 2 as well as winning The Price Is Right and appearing on multiple medical television programs as an aesthetic dermatology expert.
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  • Farouk El-Baz
    Farouk El-Baz (Egyptian Arabic: ŁŲ§Ų±ŁˆŁ‚ Ų§Ł„ŲØŲ§Ų²ā€Ž, Pronunciation: [fɑĖˆruĖŹ” elĖˆbƦĖz, fƦĖˆruĖŹ”]) (born January 2, 1938) is an Egyptian American space scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon, including the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography. He is married, has four daughters, and six grandchildren. El-Baz is the brother of Osama El-Baz, senior advisor to Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak. Currently, El-Baz is Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. He is Adjunct Professor of Geology at the Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Geological Society of America Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, a member of the Board of Directors of CRDF Global, and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC.
  • Ben Hardy
    Ben Hardy is an actor.