January 5 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 5, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Umberto Eco and Konrad Adenauer.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 5th
- Popularity
- 241st of 366
- Half birthday
- July 5
- Next January 5
- January 5
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January 5 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 5 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 5
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 5, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1932Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
- Born 1876German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
- Born 1975American actor (born 1975)
- Born 1938King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
- Born 1956German politician, president of Germany since 2017
- Born 1941Japanese animator, filmmaker, and mangaka (born 1941)
- Born 1846(1846-1926) German philosopher
- Born 1946American actress and film director (1946–2025)
- Born 1969American musician (born 1969)
- Born 19284th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
- Born 1931American actor and director (1931–2026)
- Born 1986Indian actress
- Born 1921Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)
- Born 1938Kenyan writer (1938–2025)
- Born 1893Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)
- Born 1928Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1928–2021)
- Born 1954Hungarian novelist and screenwriter
- Born 1917American actress (1917–2007)
- Born 1767French economist and businessman (1767–1832)
- Born 1935Iranian poet (1935-1967)
- Born 1932Wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1932–1999)
- Born 1874American doctor (1874-1965)
- Born 1952German football executive (born 1952)
- Born 1965British footballer and actor
- Born 1988Croatian association football player
- Born 1955Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Born 1972Greek recording artist
- Born 1982Czech footballer
- Born 1978American actress
- Born 1982Croatian alpine skier
- Born 1838French mathematician (1838-1922)
- Born 1921Monarch of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
- Born 2001Ukrainian association football player (born 2001)
- Born 1968Swiss singer, rapper and dancer
- Born 1962Japanese association football player and manager
- Born 1959American actor (born 1959)
- Born 1931African-American dancer, choreographer and activist (1931-1989)
- Born 1981Canadian electronic dance music producer (born 1981)
- Born 1808The third Shah of Iran Qajar (1834–1848)
- Born 1900French painter (1900–1955)
January 5 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 5 birthday facts
- January 5 is the 5th day of the year (5th in leap years), leaving 360 days until the end of the year.
- January 5 is the 241st most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,992 babies born on an average January 5(2% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 5 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 5 were most likely conceived around April 14 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 5, six months after January 5.
- January 5 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 5?
January 5 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 5?
The birthstone for January 5 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 5?
Famous people born on January 5 include Umberto Eco (1932), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Bradley Cooper (1975), Juan Carlos I (1938), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Hayao Miyazaki (1941).
How common is a January 5 birthday?
January 5 is the 241st most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,992 babies born on an average January 5.
What day of the year is January 5?
January 5 is the 5th day of the year in common years and the 5th day in leap years.