January 4 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 4, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Isaac Newton and Gao Xingjian.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 4th
- Popularity
- 207th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 4
- Next January 4
- January 4
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January 4 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 4 fall under Capricorn, the 10th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from December 22 to January 19. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign ruled by Saturn, and its symbol is the sea-goat.
Capricorn is an earth sign ruled by Saturn and associated with ambition, structure and long-term goals. The Sea-Goat is described as climbing steadily toward the top, one careful step at a time.
Famous people born on January 4
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 4, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1643English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
- Born 1940Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
- Born 1809French organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired
- Born 1990German former football player
- Born 1785German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
- Born 1940Welsh physicist
- Born 1963Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist
- Born 1986English association football player
- Born 1963German singer (born 1963)
- Born 1933Patriarch of Georgia (1933–2026)
- Born 1710Italian composer, violinist and organist (1710–1736)
- Born 1932Spanish photographer and film director (1932–2023)
- Born 19451945-, American chemist
- Born 1848Japanese general and politician (1848–1913)
- Born 1966Austrian politician and businessman
- Born 1965British actress
- Born 1961Japanese association football player
- Born 1992American actor (born 1992)
- Born 1996British-French actress and model (born 1996)
- Born 1937American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer (born 1937)
- Born 1960American musician (born 1960)
- Born 2005Spanish-British actress (born 2005)
- Born 1934Slovak President, head of Slovak National Council and politician
- Born 2003American actor
- Born 1929German politician (1929-2015)
- Born 1986Chief of Staff of president Zelensky
- Born 1934Georgian painter, sculptor, and architect
- Born 1942English guitarist, founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Born 1986Taiwanese female tennis player
- Born 1958English actor (1958-2023)
- Born 2004French basketball player (born 2004)
- Born 1746American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)
- Born 1997Spanish association football player
- Born 1992Dutch association football player (born 1992)
- Born 1964Montenegrin association football player
- Born 1980Portuguese footballer
- Born 1896French painter (1896–1987)
- Born 1994Danish badminton player
- Born 1874Czech composer and violinist (1874-1935)
- Born 1958American actor
January 4 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 4 birthday facts
- January 4 is the 4th day of the year (4th in leap years), leaving 361 days until the end of the year.
- January 4 is the 207th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 11,064 babies born on an average January 4(1% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 4 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 4 were most likely conceived around April 13 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 4, six months after January 4.
- January 4 always falls before Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is the one for the year before your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is January 4?
January 4 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 4?
The birthstone for January 4 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 4?
Famous people born on January 4 include Isaac Newton (1643), Gao Xingjian (1940), Louis Braille (1809), Toni Kroos (1990), Jacob Grimm (1785), Brian Josephson (1940).
How common is a January 4 birthday?
January 4 is the 207th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 11,064 babies born on an average January 4.
What day of the year is January 4?
January 4 is the 4th day of the year in common years and the 4th day in leap years.