January 19 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 19, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Edgar Allan Poe and James Watt.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 19th
- Popularity
- 330th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 19
- Next January 19
- January 19
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January 19 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 19 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.
Cusp birthday: January 19 sits on the boundary between Capricorn and Aquarius. The exact moment the Sun changes signs shifts slightly from year to year, so people born on this date may want to check their birth year and time.
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 19
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 19, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1809American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
- Born 1736British engineer (1736–1819)
- Born 1839French painter (1839–1906)
- Born 1798French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)
- Born 1946American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
- Born 1807Confederate States general (1807–1870)
- Born 1943American singer (1943–1970)
- Born 19205th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)
- Born 1980British racing driver
- Born 1946English writer (born 1946)
- Born 1986Italian association football player
- Born 1982American politician (born 1982)
- Born 1992American actor (born 1992)
- Born 1921American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
- Born 1737Writer and botanist from France (1737-1814)
- Born 1966Swedish tennis player
- Born 1994German association football player (born 1994)
- Born 1865Russian painter (1865–1911)
- Born 1868Austrian writer and translator (1868-1932)
- Born 1985French-American filmmaker
- Born 1863German economist, sociologist, historian (1863-1941)
- Born 1930American actress, model and activist
- Born 1936Chief of Army Staff and President of Bangladesh (1936-1981)
- Born 1951Japanese immunologist and physician (1951-)
- Born 1747Prusian astronomer (1747–1826)
- Born 1954American photographer (born 1954)
- Born 1992American rapper (1992–2018)
- Born 1993Portuguese association football player
- Born 1999Dutch association football player (born 1999)
- Born 1954American actress (born 1954)
- Born 1983Japanese-American singer-songwriter
- Born 1969Montenegrin footballer and administrator
- Born 1981Argentine footballer and manager
- Born 1813British engineer (1813-1898)
- Born 1985Russian race walker
- Born 1937Swedish princess (1937-2024); elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- Born 1940Italian magistrate killed by the Mafia (1940-1992)
- Born 1851Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922)
- Born 1955British conductor (born 1955)
- Born 1972American actress (born 1972)
January 19 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 19 birthday facts
- January 19 is the 19th day of the year (19th in leap years), leaving 346 days until the end of the year.
- January 19 is the 330th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,733 babies born on an average January 19(4% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 19 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 19 were most likely conceived around April 28 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 19, six months after January 19.
- January 19 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 19?
January 19 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19. Because January 19 is on the edge of the sign, some astrologers say people born that day are on the Capricorn–Aquarius cusp.
What is the birthstone for January 19?
The birthstone for January 19 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 19?
Famous people born on January 19 include Edgar Allan Poe (1809), James Watt (1736), Paul Cézanne (1839), Auguste Comte (1798), Dolly Parton (1946), Robert E. Lee (1807).
How common is a January 19 birthday?
January 19 is the 330th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,733 babies born on an average January 19.
What day of the year is January 19?
January 19 is the 19th day of the year in common years and the 19th day in leap years.