The 7th day of the year
Born on 7 January
Every 7 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
- Wednesday and Saturday16 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 7 January in any year.
Which weekday 7 January falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 7 January falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Saturday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Thursday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 7 January is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,791 babies were born on 7 January in each year of the twenty, making it the 232nd 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 7 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Millard Fillmore | 1800–1874 | president of the United States from 1850 to 1853 |
| Jeremy Renner | 1971– | American actor |
| Nicolas Cage | 1964– | American actor |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1985– | British racing driver |
| Pope Gregory XIII | 1502–1585 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585 |
| Eden Hazard | 1991– | Belgian footballer |
| Andy Burnham | 1970– | British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since July 2026 |
| Eliezer Ben-Yehuda | 1858–1922 | lexicographer and newspaper editor, a leader of the revival of the Hebrew language |
| Aleksandr Dugin | 1962– | Russian political activist and philosopher |
| Joseph Bonaparte | 1768–1844 | brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13) |
| Bernadette Soubirous | 1844–1879 | French saint |
| Zora Neale Hurston | 1891–1960 | American writer, anthropologist and folklorist |
| Charles Péguy | 1873–1914 | French poet, essayist, and editor |
| Francis Poulenc | 1899–1963 | French composer and pianist |
| John E. Walker | 1941– | British biochemist |
| Rand Paul | 1963– | United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011 |
| Nick Clegg | 1967– | British politician and media executive |
| Sofi Oksanen | 1977– | Finnish-Estonian writer |
Died on 7 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola Tesla | 1856–1943 | Serbian-American engineer and inventor |
| Hirohito | 1901–1989 | emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 |
| Franz Beckenbauer | 1945–2024 | German sports official and association football player |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen | 1928–2025 | French politician |
| Catherine of Aragon | 1485–1536 | first wife of Henry VIII of England |
| Pope Innocent X | 1574–1655 | pope from 1644 to 1655 |
| Mary II | 1662–1695 | Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694; died 7 January 1695 in the Gregorian calendar, 28 December 1694 in the Julian |
| Alfred Kastler | 1902–1984 | French physicist |
| François Fénelon | 1651–1715 | French archbishop, theologian and writer |
| France Gall | 1947–2018 | French singer |
| Vladimir Prelog | 1906–1998 | Croatian-Swiss chemist |
| Mário Soares | 1924–2017 | President of Portugal |
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