The 9th day of the year
Born on 9 January
Every 9 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
- Friday and Monday16 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 9 January in any year.
Which weekday 9 January falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 9 January falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Monday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Saturday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 9 January is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,785 babies were born on 9 January in each year of the twenty, making it the 256th 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 9 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | 1913–1994 | president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 |
| Simone de Beauvoir | 1908–1986 | French philosopher, social theorist and activist |
| Karel Čapek | 1890–1938 | Czech writer |
| Catherine, Princess of Wales | 1982– | member of the British Royal Family and princess of Wales since 2022 |
| Joan Baez | 1941– | American contemporary folk musician |
| Rigoberta Menchú | 1959– | Guatemalan human rights activist |
| Pope Gregory XV | 1554–1623 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623 |
| Nina Dobrev | 1989– | Bulgarian-Canadian actress |
| Jimmy Page | 1944– | English guitarist |
| Har Gobind Khorana | 1922–2011 | Indian-American molecular biologist |
| Ahmed Sékou Touré | 1922–1984 | President of Guinea |
| John B. Watson | 1878–1958 | American psychologist who popularised behaviourism |
| J. K. Simmons | 1955– | American actor |
| Sarah Toscano | 2006– | Italian singer-songwriter and actress |
| Gennaro Gattuso | 1978– | Italian association football player and manager |
| Josemaría Escrivá | 1902–1975 | Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint |
| Lara Fabian | 1970– | Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter |
| Domenico Modugno | 1928–1994 | Italian singer, actor and politician |
Died on 9 January
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Napoleon III | 1808–1873 | President of France from 1848 to 1852 and Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870 |
| Victor Emmanuel II | 1820–1878 | King of Sardinia (1849–1861) and King of Italy (1861–1878) |
| Emily Greene Balch | 1867–1961 | American economist and writer |
| Maria Gaetana Agnesi | 1718–1799 | Italian mathematician and philanthropist |
| Bob Saget | 1956–2022 | American stand-up comedian |
| Caroline Herschel | 1750–1848 | German-British astronomer |
| Katherine Mansfield | 1888–1923 | New Zealand author |
| Zygmunt Bauman | 1925–2017 | Polish philosopher and sociologist |
| Wilhelm Busch | 1832–1908 | German painter, poet and cartoonist |
| James M. Buchanan | 1919–2013 | American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics |
| Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle | 1657–1757 | French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment |
| Kenichi Fukui | 1918–1998 | Japanese chemist |
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