January 12 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 12, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Jack London and Swami Vivekananda.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 12th
- Popularity
- 247th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 12
- Next January 12
- January 12
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January 12 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 12 fall under Capricorn, the 10th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from December 22 to January 19. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign ruled by Saturn, and its symbol is the sea-goat.
Capricorn is an earth sign ruled by Saturn and associated with ambition, structure and long-term goals. The Sea-Goat is described as climbing steadily toward the top, one careful step at a time.
Famous people born on January 12
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 12, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1876American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
- Born 1863Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
- Born 1949Japanese writer (born 1949)
- Born 1729Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
- Born 1964American business magnate (born 1964)
- Born 1628French author (1628-1703)
- Born 1746Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer (1746-1827)
- Born 1907Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)
- Born 1973Turkish singer (born 1973)
- Born 1956Soviet and Russian singer and song writer
- Born 1993English singer
- Born 1944American boxer (1944–2011)
- Born 1942Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics
- Born 1591Spanish painter (1591–1652)
- Born 1910German-born actress (1910–2014)
- Born 1951American actress (1951–2022)
- Born 1990Russian chess player
- Born 1903Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)
- Born 1882War leader and president of the Rif Republic from 1921 to 1926
- Born 1989Belgian association football player (born 1989)
- Born 1852French general (1852–1931)
- Born 1856American painter (1856–1925)
- Born 1994Turkish-German association football player (born 1994)
- Born 1906Jewish-French-Lithuanian philosopher (1906-1995)
- Born 1916South African prime minister (1916–2006)
- Born 1958English-Iranian news anchor and international correspondent
- Born 1899Swiss chemist (1899-1965)
- Born 1974British pop singer
- Born 1987American actress and singer (1987–2020)
- Born 1987Italian association football player
- Born 1751King of Naples (1759-1806, 1815-1816), Sicily (1759-1816), and the Two Sicilies (1816-1825)
- Born 1949German football manager (born 1949)
- Born 1969Croatian association football player and manager (born 1969)
- Born 1729Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)
- Born 1878Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)
- Born 193611th President of Lebanon
- Born 1970Japanese association football player
- Born 1984Mexican association football player
- Born 1964Brazilian association football player
- Born 1991British singer, songwriter, actress
January 12 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 12 birthday facts
- January 12 is the 12th day of the year (12th in leap years), leaving 353 days until the end of the year.
- January 12 is the 247th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,976 babies born on an average January 12(2% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 12 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 12 were most likely conceived around April 21 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 12, six months after January 12.
- January 12 always falls before Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is the one for the year before your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is January 12?
January 12 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 12?
The birthstone for January 12 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 12?
Famous people born on January 12 include Jack London (1876), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Haruki Murakami (1949), Edmund Burke (1729), Jeff Bezos (1964), Charles Perrault (1628).
How common is a January 12 birthday?
January 12 is the 247th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,976 babies born on an average January 12.
What day of the year is January 12?
January 12 is the 12th day of the year in common years and the 12th day in leap years.