January 2
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Art and culture
Births
- 1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954)
- 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992)
- 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer
- 1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director
Deaths
- 1557 - Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
- 1917 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832)
- 1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)
Notes
- 1557 - Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938–July 20, 1973) was an American artist famous for his land art.
- 1557 - Johann Kaspar Lavater (November 15, 1741 - January 2, 1801) was a Swiss poet and physiognomist. His Essays on Physiognomy, 1792 feature drawings which are today considered examples of grotesque and fantastic art .
- 1557 - Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was a prolific U.S. author of speculative fiction and horror short stories, beginning in 1951. He frequently wrote for The Twilight Zone TV series, as well as the screenplay for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao and The Masque of the Red Death. His most acclaimed work is The Intruder.
- 1557 - Willard Maas (b. 1906 or 1911; d. January 2, 1971) was an American experimental filmmaker and poet. (Blow Job)
- 1557 - David Bailey (born January 2, 1938 in Leytonstone, London) is a celebrated and famous English photographer.
- 1557 - Alfred H. Barr, Jr. (January 2, 1902 – August 15, 1981), known as Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was an American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
- 1557 - Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
- 1557 - Charles Willeford
- 1557 - Rutebeuf
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