January 2 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 2, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Isaac Asimov and Thérèse of Lisieux.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 2nd
- Popularity
- 362nd of 366
- Half birthday
- July 2
- Next January 2
- January 2
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January 2 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 2 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 2
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 2, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1920American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
- Born 1873French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)
- Born 1822German mathematical physicist and professor (1822–1888)
- Born 164219th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648–1687)
- Born 1968American actor
- Born 169925th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1754–1757)
- Born 1981Argentine association football player
- Born 1983American actress
- Born 1896Russian-Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954)
- Born 1834Russian painter (1834-1882)
- Born 1931Japanese politician (1931-2022)
- Born 1967American actress (born 1967)
- Born 1980British politician and Leader of the Opposition to the British Government (2024–present) and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2024 (born 1980)
- Born 1975Ukrainian footballer
- Born 1976Spanish actress
- Born 1967French footballer (born 1967)
- Born 1951Czech politician (born 1951)
- Born 1920Japanese association football player
- Born 1987French footballer (born 1987)
- Born 1997Spanish association football player (born 1997)
- Born 1903Japanese supercentenarian
- Born 1978Georgian footballer (born 1978)
- Born 1992Swedish association football player
- Born 1895Swedish diplomat (1895–1948)
- Born 1968Russian businessman
- Born 1961American film director and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Born 1988Danish footballer
- Born 1989Uzbekistani association football player
- Born 1981Burkinabé military officer and president (January–September 2022)
- Born 1983Brazilian association football player
- Born 1783Danish painter (1783–1853)
- Born 1943Turkish musician (1943–1999)
- Born 1784Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1784-1844)
- Born 1938American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024)
- Born 1886Canadian-American actress (1886-1938)
- Born 1987American actress and model (born 1987)
- Born 1969American model
- Born 1991Italian footballer
- Born 1948British-American historian (1948–2010)
- Born 1988Austrian association football player
January 2 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 2 birthday facts
- January 2 is the 2nd day of the year (2nd in leap years), leaving 363 days until the end of the year.
- January 2 is the 362nd most common birthday in the U.S., with about 9,356 babies born on an average January 2(16% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 2 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 2 were most likely conceived around April 11 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 2, six months after January 2.
- January 2 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 2?
January 2 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 2?
The birthstone for January 2 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 2?
Famous people born on January 2 include Isaac Asimov (1920), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Rudolf Clausius (1822), Mehmed IV (1642), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Osman III (1699).
How common is a January 2 birthday?
January 2 is the 362nd most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 9,356 babies born on an average January 2.
What day of the year is January 2?
January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in common years and the 2nd day in leap years.