Birthday signs · January calendar
January birthdays
January birthdays span Capricorn (January 1-20) and Aquarius (January 21-31). The month’s birthstone is Garnet, and its birth flower is Carnation and snowdrop. The January calendar links each date to its checked birthday record, including the two sign seasons, for quick reference.
January at a glance
January opens with Capricorn and Aquarius, while garnet, carnation, and snowdrop provide its familiar birth symbols. The dates below keep the practical answer close at hand, then gather the people and observances attached to the month.
New Year’s Day is an important date in January, while the zodiac change is the useful dividing line for a birthday lookup.
Zodiac signs in January
The day records place the month across these tropical zodiac ranges:
A cusp date can vary by year and time zone. Open the date page for the checked year-by-year result.
January birthstone and flowers
Birthstone: Garnet1
Birth flowers: Carnation and snowdrop2
Every January birthday
- January 1
- January 2
- January 3
- January 4
- January 5
- January 6
- January 7
- January 8
- January 9
- January 10
- January 11
- January 12
- January 13
- January 14
- January 15
- January 16
- January 17
- January 18
- January 19
- January 20
- January 21
- January 22
- January 23
- January 24
- January 25
- January 26
- January 27
- January 28
- January 29
- January 30
- January 31
Notable people born in January
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer of the Classical period (January 27)
- Martin Luther King Jr., American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (January 15)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (January 30)
- Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist and author (January 29)
- Molière, French playwright and actor (January 15)
- Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and literary critic (January 19)
- Lord Byron, English Romantic poet and lyricist (January 22)
- Benjamin Franklin, American polymath and statesman (January 17)
Observances in January
- The last day of Kwanzaa (African Americans) (January 1)
- The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity) (January 1)
- Global Family Day (January 1)
- Jump-up Day (Montserrat) (January 1)
- Japanese New Year (January 1)
- Novy God Day (Russia) (January 1)
- Polar Bear Swim Day (January 1)
- Public Domain Day (multiple countries) (January 1)
- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba) (January 1)
- Ancestry Day (Haiti) (January 2)
Questions people also ask
What are the zodiac signs for January birthdays?
Capricorn from January 1 through 20; Aquarius from January 21 through 31.
What is the January birthstone?
January's birthstone is Garnet, as the Gemological Institute of America lists it.
What are the January birth flowers?
January's traditional birth flowers are Carnation and snowdrop.
Where can I find a specific January birthday?
Every date in January has its own page in the calendar below, from the Capricorn days to the Aquarius days, each with its sign checked year by year.
Sources
- January birthstone — Gemological Institute of America. Verified .
- Birth Month Flowers and Their Meanings — The Old Farmer's Almanac. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 1 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 2 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 3 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 4 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 5 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 6 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 7 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 8 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 9 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 10 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 11 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 12 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 13 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 14 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 15 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 16 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 17 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 18 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 19 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 20 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 21 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 22 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 23 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 24 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 25 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 26 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 27 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 28 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 29 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 30 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .
- Wikipedia: January 31 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified .