The 24th day of the year
Born on 24 January
Every 24 January birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Aquarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- AquariusAir, fixed, 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
- Saturday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
The first day of the Metal Snake
The new year fell on 24 January in 1925, the year of the Wood Ox; in 1936, the Fire Rat; in 1955, the Wood Goat; and in 2001, the Metal Snake. A birthday on this date came on or after the new year in twelve years between 1920 and 2026 and before it in 95, so for most people born on it the animal is the one of the year before their birth year.
2001 shows the boundary from the other side. Counting from the year alone gives a 2001 birthday the Snake, and for 24 January 2001 that is right, but only just: it was the Metal Snake's first day, and a birth the day before, on 23 January 2001, belongs to the Metal Dragon of 2000.
The next new year on this date is 24 January 2039, the first day of the Earth Goat. The sign, meanwhile, has not varied: every 24 January from 1920 to 2026 was Aquarius, in every time zone.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 24 January in any year.
Which Chinese animal, by year
From 1920 to 2026 the lunar new year, reckoned in Beijing, came after 24 January in 95 of the 107 years, and in those years a birthday on it belonged to the animal of the year before; in the other 12 the new year had already begun. It was the first day of the new year itself in 1925, 1936, 1955 and 2001.
Shaded: 24 January came before that year's new year. Hatched: the new year began on 24 January. How the new year is found →
Which weekday 24 January falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 24 January falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Tuesday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Sunday 15, Friday 15.
Showing 24 January in the 36 most recent years. Every weekday →
How common a birthday 24 January is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,768 babies were born on 24 January in each year of the twenty, making it the 319th 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 24 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick the Great | 1712–1786 | King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 |
| Luis Suárez | 1987– | Uruguayan association football player |
| Moon Jae-in | 1953– | President of South Korea from 2017 to 2022 |
| Joachim Gauck | 1940– | German Protestant pastor and politician, President of Germany from 2012 to 2017 |
| Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais | 1732–1799 | French playwright, diplomat and polymath |
| E. T. A. Hoffmann | 1776–1822 | German writer |
| Edith Wharton | 1862–1937 | American writer and designer |
| Ernest Borgnine | 1917–2012 | American actor |
| Michio Kaku | 1947– | U.S.-American theoretical physicist, futurist and author |
| Dan Shechtman | 1941– | Israeli scientist |
| Sharon Tate | 1943–1969 | American actress and model |
| Nastassja Kinski | 1961– | German actress |
| Christian Wolff | 1679–1754 | German philosopher |
| Gustav III | 1746–1792 | King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792 |
| Neil Diamond | 1941– | American recording artist; singer-songwriter |
| John Belushi | 1949–1982 | American actor |
| Daniel Auteuil | 1950– | French actor and director |
| Walter Model | 1891–1945 | German field marshal |
Died on 24 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Winston Churchill | 1874–1965 | British statesman, soldier and writer |
| Amedeo Modigliani | 1884–1920 | Italian painter and sculptor |
| Ted Bundy | 1946–1989 | American serial killer |
| Pope Stephen IV | 770–817 | pope |
| George Cukor | 1899–1983 | American film director and producer |
| Marvin Minsky | 1927–2016 | American cognitive scientist |
| L. Ron Hubbard | 1911–1986 | American writer and Scientology founder |
| David IV | 1073–1125 | King of Georgia |
| Homi J. Bhabha | 1909–1966 | Indian nuclear physicist |
| Leônidas | 1913–2004 | Brazilian footballer and commentator |
| Thurgood Marshall | 1908–1993 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991 |
| Shulamit Aloni | 1927–2014 | Israeli politician |
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