The 18th day of the year
Born on 18 January
Every 18 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
- Sunday 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 18 January in any year.
Which weekday 18 January falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 18 January falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Wednesday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Monday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 18 January is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,777 babies were born on 18 January in each year of the twenty, making it the 294th 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 18 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Montesquieu | 1689–1755 | French philosopher |
| Kevin Costner | 1955– | American actor and filmmaker |
| Cary Grant | 1904–1986 | British-American actor |
| Pep Guardiola | 1971– | Spanish association football manager and player |
| Alexander Van der Bellen | 1944– | President of Austria since 2017 |
| Gilles Deleuze | 1925–1995 | French philosopher |
| A. A. Milne | 1882–1956 | British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh |
| Rubén Darío | 1867–1916 | Nicaraguan poet, journalist and diplomat |
| Takeshi Kitano | 1947– | Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer |
| Yoichiro Nambu | 1921–2015 | American theoretical physicist |
| Angelique Kerber | 1988– | German tennis player |
| Dave Bautista | 1969– | American actor and former professional wrestler |
| Makoto Hasebe | 1984– | Japanese association football player |
| Chun Doo-hwan | 1931–2021 | 11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea |
| Nacho | 1990– | Spanish association football player |
| Anthony Giddens | 1938– | British sociologist |
| John Hume | 1937–2020 | Irish politician from Northern Ireland |
| Edmund Barton | 1849–1920 | Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia |
Died on 18 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rudyard Kipling | 1865–1936 | English writer and poet |
| John Tyler | 1790–1862 | president of the United States from 1841 to 1845 |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 1803–1873 | British statesman and author |
| Adolf Butenandt | 1903–1995 | German biochemist |
| Tamar of Georgia | 1166–1213 | Queen regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213 |
| Leo I | 401–474 | Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474 |
| Konstantin Päts | 1874–1956 | Estonian politician |
| David Crosby | 1941–2023 | American singer, guitarist and songwriter |
| Glenn Frey | 1948–2016 | American rock musician |
| Paco Gento | 1933–2022 | Spanish footballer |
| Peter I of Portugal | 1320–1367 | King of Portugal from 1357 to 1367 |
| Peter Abrahams | 1919–2017 | South African novelist, journalist and political commentator |
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