January 23 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 23, your zodiac sign is Aquarius ♒, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with David Hilbert and Stendhal.
- Zodiac sign
- ♒ Aquarius
- Element
- Air
- Ruling planet
- Uranus and Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 23rd
- Popularity
- 283rd of 366
- Half birthday
- July 23
- Next January 23
- January 23
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January 23 zodiac: Aquarius ♒
People born on January 23 fall under Aquarius, the 11th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from January 20 to February 18. Aquarius is a fixed air sign ruled by Uranus and Saturn, and its symbol is the water-bearer.
Aquarius is an air sign associated with originality, community and the future. Despite its name, the Water-Bearer is not a water sign; it is linked with ideas, innovation and a strong sense of fairness.
Famous people born on January 23
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 23, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1862German mathematician (1862–1943)
- Born 1783French writer (1783–1842)
- Born 19475th President of Indonesia (2001—2004) and 8th Vice President of Indonesia (1999—2001)
- Born 1930Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)
- Born 1907Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)
- Born 1984Dutch association football player (born 1984)
- Born 1918American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999)
- Born 1928French actress, singer, screenwriter and director (1928-2017)
- Born 1897Indian nationalist leader (1897-1945)
- Born 1967Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
- Born 1876German chemist (1876–1954)
- Born 1944Dutch actor (1944–2019)
- Born 1998American rapper (1998–2018)
- Born 1840German physicist (1840-1905)
- Born 1910Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953)
- Born 1921Lithuanian-American archaeologist
- Born 1872French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
- Born 1929Hungarian-Canadian chemist
- Born 1946Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)
- Born 1967Slovenian businessman and politician (born 1967)
- Born 1915Saint Lucian economist (1915–1991)
- Born 1993Japanese association football player
- Born 1688Queen regnant of Sweden from 1718 to 1720 (1688–1741)
- Born 1985Dutch fashion model
- Born 1938German artist (1938–2026)
- Born 1828Samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1828-1877)
- Born 1598French architect (1598-1666)
- Born 1950American actor (born 1950)
- Born 1855Firearms designer of the United States (1855-1926)
- Born 1962Spanish writer
- Born 1964American actress (born 1964)
- Born 1898American actor (1898–1987)
- Born 2002Croatian footballer (born 2002)
- Born 1956Japanese association football player
- Born 1896Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964
- Born 1957Eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly
- Born 1919English footballer and manager (1919–1996)
- Born 1996English association football player (born 1996)
- Born 1986Spanish association football player
- Born 1984Serbian footballer
January 23 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 23 birthday facts
- January 23 is the 23rd day of the year (23rd in leap years), leaving 342 days until the end of the year.
- January 23 is the 283rd most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,913 babies born on an average January 23(2% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 23 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 23 were most likely conceived around May 2 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 23, six months after January 23.
- Chinese New Year can fall before or after January 23, so check your exact year with the Chinese zodiac calculator.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is January 23?
January 23 falls under Aquarius ♒, which runs from January 20 to February 18.
What is the birthstone for January 23?
The birthstone for January 23 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 23?
Famous people born on January 23 include David Hilbert (1862), Stendhal (1783), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Derek Walcott (1930), Hideki Yukawa (1907), Arjen Robben (1984).
How common is a January 23 birthday?
January 23 is the 283rd most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,913 babies born on an average January 23.
What day of the year is January 23?
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in common years and the 23rd day in leap years.