January 8 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 8, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Elvis Presley and Stephen Hawking.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 8th
- Popularity
- 343rd of 366
- Half birthday
- July 8
- Next January 8
- January 8
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January 8 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 8 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 8
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 8, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1935American singer and actor (1935–1977)
- Born 1942British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
- Born 1947English musician and actor (1947–2016)
- Born 1823British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)
- Born 1967American singer, songwriter, record producer, sex offender
- Born 1942Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
- Born 1902Soviet politician (1902–1988)
- Born 1867American economist and writer
- Born 1891German physicist, mathematician and chemist (1891-1957)
- Born 1986Spanish association football player
- Born 1902American psychologist (1902–1987)
- Born 1604Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658)
- Born 1824British writer (1824-1889)
- Born 1992Spanish association football player
- Born 1894Sixsevenish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
- Born 1934French cyclist (1934-1987)
- Born 1937Welsh singer
- Born 1979Romanian footballer (born 1979)
- Born 1998Italian association football player
- Born 1912American actor and director (1912–1992)
- Born 1941English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
- Born 1836Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)
- Born 2000American singer and actress
- Born 1979Croatian association football player
- Born 1987British actress and singer-songwriter (born 1987)
- Born 1873Queen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God; mother of Umberto II of Italy
- Born 1991Montenegrin association football player
- Born 1854Chinese translator (1854–1921)
- Born 1885Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (1885-1945)
- Born 1986Chinese female tennis player (1986-)
- Born 1921Italian writer (1921-1989)
- Born 1977American actress
- Born 1980American actress and model (born 1980)
- Born 1910Soviet ballet dancer (1910-1998)
- Born 1989Australian association football player (born 1989)
- Born 1830German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)
- Born 1999Italian singer-songwriter
- Born 1980South Korean association football player
- Born 1991Brazilian association football player (born 1991)
- Born 1988Spanish footballer
January 8 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 8 birthday facts
- January 8 is the 8th day of the year (8th in leap years), leaving 357 days until the end of the year.
- January 8 is the 343rd most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,656 babies born on an average January 8(5% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 8 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 8 were most likely conceived around April 17 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 8, six months after January 8.
- January 8 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 8?
January 8 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 8?
The birthstone for January 8 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 8?
Famous people born on January 8 include Elvis Presley (1935), Stephen Hawking (1942), David Bowie (1947), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), R. Kelly (1967), Junichiro Koizumi (1942).
How common is a January 8 birthday?
January 8 is the 343rd most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,656 babies born on an average January 8.
What day of the year is January 8?
January 8 is the 8th day of the year in common years and the 8th day in leap years.