September 22 zodiac sign, birthday facts & famous birthdays
If your birthday is September 22, your zodiac sign is Virgo ♍, your birthstone is Sapphire and your birth flower is Aster or Morning glory. You share your birthday with Michael Faraday and Andrea Bocelli.
- Zodiac sign
- ♍ Virgo
- Element
- Earth
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Birthstone
- Sapphire
- Birth flower
- Aster, Morning glory
- Day of year
- 265th
- Popularity
- 22nd of 366
- Half birthday
- March 22
- Next September 22
- September 22
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September 22 zodiac: Virgo ♍
People born on September 22 fall under Virgo, the 6th sign of the zodiac, which covers birthdays from August 23 to September 22. Virgo is a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury, and its symbol is the maiden.
Cusp birthday: September 22 sits on the boundary between Virgo and Libra. The exact moment the Sun changes signs shifts slightly from year to year, so people born on this date may want to check their birth year and time.
Virgo is an earth sign associated with service, skill and attention to detail. Virgos are often described as the helpers of the zodiac: organised, thoughtful and quietly making everything run smoothly.
Famous people born on September 22
Well-known people who celebrate their birthday on September 22, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
- Born 1791British scientist (1791–1867)
- Born 1958Italian tenor and singer-songwriter (born 1958)
- Born 1953French politician (born 1953)
- Born 1960President of Israel since 2021
- Born 1882German field marshal (1882–1946)
- Born 1959American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
- Born 1984Brazilian association football player
- Born 1741German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)
- Born 1987British actor, singer and musician
- Born 19813rd President of Turkmenistan since 2022
- Born 1939Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
- Born 1601Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, lived (1601-1666)
- Born 1957Australian musician and singer
- Born 1958American rock musician
- Born 1895Austrian-born American stage and film actor (1895-1967)
- Born 1982Dutch footballer (born 1982)
- Born 1932Lithuanian politician (1932–2010)
- Born 1951English rock singer
- Born 1940Danish-French actress (1940–2019)
- Born 1885Austrian actor and director (1885–1957)
- Born 1970French footballer (born 1970)
- Born 1878Prime minister of Japan (1878–1967)
- Born 169418th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)
- Born 1901American physiologist (1901-1997)
- Born 1981Japanese association football player
- Born 1946Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Born 1995South Korean singer
- Born 1979Italian journalist and writer (born 1979)
- Born 1978Australian soccer manager (born 1978)
- Born 1989German tennis player
- Born 1961American actress and comedian
- Born 1907French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist (1907–2003)
- Born 1985Canadian actress
- Born 1968Argentine association football player
- Born 1902Romanian-born British–American actor and film producer (1902–1988)
- Born 1984Italian actress
- Born 1880Suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958)
- Born 1994German association football player (born 1994)
- Born 1934Italian singer-songwriter (1934–2025)
- Born 1863Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist
September 22 birthstone
Sapphire (blue). Sapphire is associated with wisdom, loyalty and nobility, and has been worn by royalty for centuries.
September 22 birthday facts
- September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years), leaving 100 days until the end of the year.
- September 22 is the 22nd most common birthday in the U.S., with about 11,960 babies born on an average September 22(7% more than a typical day).
- In the Northern Hemisphere, September 22 birthdays fall in autumn. In the Southern Hemisphere they fall in spring.
- Babies born on September 22 were most likely conceived around December 31 of the previous year (about 38 weeks earlier).
- Your half birthday is March 22, six months after September 22.
- September 22 always falls after Chinese New Year, so your Chinese zodiac animal is simply the one for your birth year.
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Frequently asked questions
What zodiac sign is September 22?
September 22 falls under Virgo ♍, which runs from August 23 to September 22. Because September 22 is on the edge of the sign, some astrologers say people born that day are on the Virgo–Libra cusp.
What is the birthstone for September 22?
The birthstone for September 22 is Sapphire, the September birthstone. The September birth flowers are Aster and Morning glory.
Who are famous people born on September 22?
Famous people born on September 22 include Michael Faraday (1791), Andrea Bocelli (1958), Ségolène Royal (1953), Isaac Herzog (1960), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Saul Perlmutter (1959).
How common is a September 22 birthday?
September 22 is the 22nd most common birthday out of 366, based on U.S. births from 1994 to 2014, with about 11,960 babies born on an average September 22.
What day of the year is September 22?
September 22 is the 265th day of the year in common years and the 266th day in leap years.