The 357th day of the year, the 358th in a leap year
Born on 23 December
Every 23 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Capricorn in UTC, and in most of the world. In 22 of those years the sun changed sign within hours of the date, and by the clocks somewhere far enough east or west of Greenwich it was 23 December when it happened; see below.
- Star sign
- CapricornEarth, cardinal, ruled by Saturn.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 23 December in any year.
Crossings within hours of 23 December
A date begins earlier east of Greenwich and later to the west, so in these years the sun changed sign on the day before or after in UTC, at a moment when clocks somewhere on earth already, or still, showed 23 December — worked out from the time zones in use at that moment, as the IANA time zone database records them. A birth there on 23 December that year could be either sign, and the calculator above works it out for your own time zone.
- 1922: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 14:57 UTC
- 1923: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 20:54 UTC
- 1926: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 14:33 UTC
- 1927: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 20:18 UTC
- 1930: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 13:39 UTC
- 1931: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 19:30 UTC
- 1934: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 12:49 UTC
- 1935: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 18:37 UTC
- 1938: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 12:13 UTC
- 1939: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 18:06 UTC
- 1942: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 11:39 UTC
- 1943: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 17:29 UTC
- 1947: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 16:43 UTC
- 1951: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 16:00 UTC
- 1955: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 15:11 UTC
- 1959: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 14:34 UTC
- 1963: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 14:02 UTC
- 1967: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 13:16 UTC
- 1971: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 12:24 UTC
- 1975: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 11:45 UTC
- 1979: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 11:10 UTC
- 1983: the sun entered Capricorn on 22 December, 10:30 UTC
Which weekday 23 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 23 December falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
Showing 23 December in the 36 most recent years. Every weekday →
How common a birthday 23 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,801 babies were born on 23 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 202nd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 23 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Akihito | 1933– | Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019 |
| Alexander I of Russia | 1777–1825 | Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825 |
| Helmut Schmidt | 1918–2015 | Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 |
| Joseph Smith | 1805–1844 | American religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement |
| Jean-François Champollion | 1790–1832 | French classical scholar |
| Carla Bruni | 1967– | Italian and French singer, model and spouse of former president of France |
| Mamnoon Hussain | 1940–2021 | 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018 |
| Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve | 1804–1869 | French literary critic |
| Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | 1896–1957 | Sicilian Prince and writer |
| Vicente del Bosque | 1950– | Spanish footballer and manager |
| Stefan Hell | 1962– | Romanian-German physicist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry |
| Charan Singh | 1902–1987 | Prime Minister of India (1979-1980) |
| Donna Tartt | 1963– | American writer |
| Finn Wolfhard | 2002– | Canadian actor and musician |
| Queen Silvia of Sweden | 1943– | queen consort of Sweden |
| Niels Kaj Jerne | 1911–1994 | Danish immunologist |
| Eddie Vedder | 1964– | American singer and guitarist |
| Chet Baker | 1929–1988 | American jazz trumpeter and vocalist |
Died on 23 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Kalashnikov | 1919–2013 | Soviet and Russian small arms designer |
| Hideki Tojo | 1884–1948 | Japanese general and politician |
| Lavrentiy Beria | 1899–1953 | Soviet politician and NKVD police chief |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao | 1921–2004 | Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996 |
| Dési Bouterse | 1945–2024 | Military ruler of Suriname from 1980 to 1987 and President from 2010 to 2020 |
| Andrei Tupolev | 1888–1972 | Russian and Soviet aerospace engineer |
| Oscar Peterson | 1925–2007 | Canadian jazz pianist |
| Joan Didion | 1934–2021 | American writer |
| Alfred G. Gilman | 1941–2015 | American pharmacologist |
| Conrad I of Germany | 881–918 | king of East Francia |
| Victor Borge | 1909–2000 | Danish comedian and pianist |
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