The 15th day of the year
Born on 15 January
Every 15 January birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Capricorn, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CapricornEarth, cardinal, ruled by Saturn.
- Birthstone
- GarnetThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Carnation, SnowdropUsually taken today to mean devotion and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Sunday16 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 15 January in any year.
Which weekday 15 January falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 15 January falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Sunday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Friday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 15 January is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,755 babies were born on 15 January in each year of the twenty, making it the 344th 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 15 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. | 1929–1968 | American Baptist minister and civil rights leader |
| Molière | 1622–1673 | French playwright and actor |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | 1918–1970 | President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970 |
| Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | 1809–1865 | French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist |
| Sofya Kovalevskaya | 1850–1891 | 19th-century Russian mathematician |
| Mihai Eminescu | 1850–1889 | Romanian poet, novelist and journalist |
| Edward Teller | 1908–2003 | Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer |
| Dove Cameron | 1996– | American actress and singer |
| Nâzım Hikmet | 1902–1963 | Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist |
| Boris Tadić | 1958– | President of Serbia from 2004 to 2012 |
| Saud of Saudi Arabia | 1902–1969 | King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964 |
| Franz Grillparzer | 1791–1872 | Austrian dramatist and poet |
| Artturi Ilmari Virtanen | 1895–1973 | Finnish chemist and professor |
| Pitbull | 1981– | American rapper |
| Alexander Griboyedov | 1795–1829 | Russian diplomat, playwriter, poet, and composer |
| Skrillex | 1988– | American DJ and producer |
| Eric Dier | 1994– | English association football player |
| Lee Teng-hui | 1923–2020 | President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1988 to 2000 |
Died on 15 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa Luxemburg | 1871–1919 | Polish-German Marxist revolutionary |
| Karl Liebknecht | 1871–1919 | German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League |
| Dolores O'Riordan | 1971–2018 | Irish musician |
| Gulzarilal Nanda | 1898–1998 | Indian politician |
| Seán MacBride | 1904–1988 | Irish politician and human rights activist |
| Carol Channing | 1921–2019 | American actress |
| Yves Tanguy | 1900–1955 | French painter |
| Brad Renfro | 1982–2008 | American actor |
| Nagisa Ōshima | 1932–2013 | Japanese film director and screenwriter |
| Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | 1926–2006 | Emir of Kuwait from 1977 to 2006 |
| Susannah York | 1939–2011 | English film, stage and television actress |
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