January 9 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is January 9, your zodiac sign is Capricorn ♑, your birthstone is Garnet and your birth flower is Carnation or Snowdrop. You share your birthday with Richard Nixon and Simone de Beauvoir.
- Zodiac sign
- ♑ Capricorn
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Birthstone
- Garnet
- Birth flower
- Carnation, Snowdrop
- Day of year
- 9th
- Popularity
- 339th of 366
- Half birthday
- July 9
- Next January 9
- January 9
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January 9 zodiac: Capricorn ♑
People born on January 9 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 9
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on January 9, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1913President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
- Born 1908French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
- Born 1890Czech writer (1890–1938)
- Born 1982Member of the British Royal Family and princess of Wales since 2022
- Born 1941American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
- Born 1959Guatemalan human rights activist
- Born 1989Bulgarian-Canadian actress
- Born 1944English guitarist (born 1944)
- Born 1922Indian-American molecular biologist (1922-2011)
- Born 1922President of Guinea (1922-1984)
- Born 2006Italian singer-songwriter and actress
- Born 1955American actor (born 1955)
- Born 1878American psychologist (1878
- Born 1978Italian association football player and manager
- Born 1902Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint
- Born 1970Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter
- Born 1951Former Prime Minister of France (2024)
- Born 1928Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)
- Born 2001Brazilian association football player
- Born 1920British actor (1920–2012)
- Born 1958Turkish contract killer (born 1958)
- Born 1925American actor (1925–1989)
- Born 1956British actress (born 1956)
- Born 1924Soviet Armenian and Georgian film director (1924-1990)
- Born 1973Jamaican dancehall singer and rapper (born 1973)
- Born 1945First President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998
- Born 1890Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer (1890–1935)
- Born 1985Spanish association football player (born 1985)
- Born 1967Argentine association football player
- Born 1933South African novelist (1933–2021)
- Born 2001Spanish association football player
- Born 1987Brazilian association football player (born 1987)
- Born 1995Croatian association football player (born 1995)
- Born 1921Hungarian-Israeli artistic gymnast (1921–2025)
- Born 2002Ecuadorian footballer
- Born 1965Indian film director and choreographer (born 1965)
- Born 1881Italian writer (1881-1956)
- Born 1981Polish association football player
- Born 1974Indian director and actor
- Born 1970Brazilian association football player
January 9 birthstone
Garnet (deep red). Garnet has long been linked with friendship, trust and protection, and travellers once carried it for safety.
January 9 birthday facts
- January 9 is the 9th day of the year (9th in leap years), leaving 356 days until the end of the year.
- January 9 is the 339th most common birthday in the U.S., with about 10,672 babies born on an average January 9(5% fewer than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, January 9 birthdays fall in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in summer.
- Babies born on January 9 were most likely conceived around April 18 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is July 9, six months after January 9.
- January 9 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 9?
January 9 falls under Capricorn ♑, which runs from December 22 to January 19.
What is the birthstone for January 9?
The birthstone for January 9 is Garnet, the January birthstone. The January birth flowers are Carnation and Snowdrop.
Who are famous people born on January 9?
Famous people born on January 9 include Richard Nixon (1913), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Karel Čapek (1890), Catherine, Princess of Wales (1982), Joan Baez (1941), Rigoberta Menchú (1959).
How common is a January 9 birthday?
January 9 is the 339th most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 10,672 babies born on an average January 9.
What day of the year is January 9?
January 9 is the 9th day of the year in common years and the 9th day in leap years.