January 21 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 21, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#290 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 21 birthdays
Stonewall Jackson · General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War1824
Oscar II · King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 19051829
Grigori Rasputin · Russian mystic1869
Wolfgang Köhler · German-American psychologist and phenomenologist1887
Christian Dior · French fashion designer1905
Konrad Emil Bloch · German American biochemist1912
Benny Hill · British comedian and actor1924
Steve Reeves · American bodybuilder and actor1926
Gene Sharp · American political scientist1928
Jack Nicklaus · American golfer1940
Plácido Domingo · Spanish tenor and conductor1941
Trương Tấn Sang · Former president of Vietnam1949
Paul Allen · American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft1953
Jeff Koons · American sculptor and painter1955
Geena Davis · American actress1956
Hakeem Olajuwon · Nigerian-American basketball player1963
Ken Leung · American actor1970
Henrikh Mkhitaryan · Armenian association football player1989
Marco Asensio · Spanish association football player1996
IShowSpeed · American influencer, musician and online streamer2005
On this day in history
1997The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
1999War on drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
2004NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
2017Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.
1954The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1972Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.
1976Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.
1981The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car of the DMC DeLorean at its factory in Northern Ireland.
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