January 15 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 15, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Martin Luther King Jr. and Gamal Abdel Nasser.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 15th
- Popularity
- 346th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 15
- Next January 15
- January 15
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January 15 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 15 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 15
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 15, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1929American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
- Born 1918President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
- Born 1977Prime Minister of Italy since 2022
- Born 1809French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865)
- Born 1592The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
- Born 1876King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953
- Born 185019th-century Russian mathematician
- Born 1850Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850-1889)
- Born 1908Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
- Born 1996American actress and singer
- Born 19583rd President of the Republic of Serbia
- Born 1891Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938)
- Born 1902King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964
- Born 1791Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)
- Born 1895Finnish chemist and professor (1895–1973)
- Born 1975Belgian politician
- Born 1981American rapper (born 1981)
- Born 1795Russian diplomat, playwriter, poet, and composer (1795–1829)
- Born 1947American biochemist, cell biologist, and university teacher (born 1947)
- Born 1994English association football player
- Born 1988American DJ and producer (born 1988)
- Born 19237-9th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (1923-2020)
- Born 1866Swedish clergyman and archbishop (1866–1931)
- Born 1842Writer, journalist, literary critic and revolutionary; also known for being Karl Marx's son-in-law (1842-1911)
- Born 1971American actress and director (born 1971)
- Born 1863German politician (1863–1946)
- Born 1991Spanish soccer player
- Born 1812Norwegian forester, writer, children's writer, and collector of fairy tales (1812–1885)
- Born 1984American conservative political commentator
- Born 1975French tennis player
- Born 1918Brazilian politician and military officer, 30th President of Brazil from 1979 to 1985
- Born 1952Japanese association football player
- Born 1869Polish playwright, painter and poet (1869–1907)
- Born 1982Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1982)
- Born 1754French revolutionary (1754–1793)
- Born 1923Japanese association football player
- Born 1964Italian artist
- Born 1956Indian politician
- Born 1979Bulgarian footballer
- Born 1941American musician and painter (1941-2010)
January 15 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 15 birthday facts
- January 15 is the 15th day of the year (15th in leap years), leaving 350 days until the end of the year.
- January 15 is the 346th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,589 babies born on an average January 15(5% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 15 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 15 were most likely conceived around April 24 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 15, six months after January 15.
- January 15 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 15?
January 15 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 15?
The birthstone for January 15 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 15?
Famous people born on January 15 include Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), Giorgia Meloni (1977), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Shah Jahan (1592), Ibn Saud (1876).
How common is a January 15 birthday?
January 15 is the 346th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,589 babies born on an average January 15.
What day of the year is January 15?
January 15 is the 15th day of the year in common years and the 15th day in leap years.