January 6 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 6, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Kahlil Gibran and Rowan Atkinson.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 6th
- Popularity
- 267th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 6
- Next January 6
- January 6
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January 6 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 6 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 6
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 6, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1883Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)
- Born 1955English actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1955)
- Born 19248th President of the Republic of Korea (1924–2009)
- Born 1878American writer and editor (1878–1967)
- Born 1938Italian musician and actor (born 1938)
- Born 1872Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
- Born 1982English actor
- Born 1946British musician (1946–2006)
- Born 1822German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
- Born 1850German politician and theorist (1850–1932)
- Born 1913American actress (1913–2000)
- Born 1986Russian model and television personality (born 1986)
- Born 1954British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008)
- Born 1969American actor (born 1969)
- Born 1861Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau (1861–1947)
- Born 1989English association football player (born 1989)
- Born 1958Russian linguist and 1983–2013 wife of Russian president Vladimir Putin
- Born 19293rd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1929–1996)
- Born 1986British musician (born 1986)
- Born 1944Swiss immunologist (born 1944)
- Born 1915British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)
- Born 1870German trade unionist and chancellor (1870–1944)
- Born 1994Spanish association football player
- Born 1848Bulgarian poet, journalist and revolutionary (1847–1876)
- Born 1939Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)
- Born 1838German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920)
- Born 1931Novelist, editor, professor (1931-2015)
- Born 1953Australian guitarist (1953–2017)
- Born 1897Hungarian fascist politician, executed for war crimes (1897-1946)
- Born 1913Polish politician (1913-2001)
- Born 1984American businessman and reality television personality (born 1984)
- Born 1981Japanese actress
- Born 1956Archbishop of Canterbury from 2013 to 2025
- Born 1937Prime minister of Finland from 1987 to 1991
- Born 1982American basketball player
- Born 1984American actress and comedian (born 1984)
- Born 1986Second Lady of the United States since 2025
- Born 1928French model and actress (1928-1990)
- Born 193635th and 37th President of Uruguay
- Born 1900Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (1922 - 1934)
January 6 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 6 birthday facts
- January 6 is the 6th day of the year (6th in leap years), leaving 359 days until the end of the year.
- January 6 is the 267th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,942 babies born on an average January 6(2% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 6 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 6 were most likely conceived around April 15 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 6, six months after January 6.
- January 6 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 6?
January 6 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 6?
The birthstone for January 6 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 6?
Famous people born on January 6 include Kahlil Gibran (1883), Rowan Atkinson (1955), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Carl Sandburg (1878), Adriano Celentano (1938), Alexander Scriabin (1872).
How common is a January 6 birthday?
January 6 is the 267th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,942 babies born on an average January 6.
What day of the year is January 6?
January 6 is the 6th day of the year in common years and the 6th day in leap years.