January 24 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 24, 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
#151 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 24 birthdays
Vasily Surikov · Russian artist1848
Edith Wharton · American writer and designer1862
Walter Model · German field marshal1891
Ernest Borgnine · American actor1917
Joachim Gauck · German Protestant pastor and politician1940
Neil Diamond · American recording artist1941
Dan Shechtman · Israeli scientist1941
Sharon Tate · American actress and model1943
Michio Kaku · U.S.-American theoretical physicist, futurist and author1947
John Belushi · American actor1949
Daniel Auteuil · French actor and director1950
Moon Jae-in · 12th President of the Republic of Korea1953
Nastassja Kinski · German actress1961
Phil LaMarr · American actor1967
Matthew Lillard · American actor1970
Kristen Schaal · American actress1978
Tatyana Ali · American actress and singer1979
Maria Elena Boschi · Italian lawyer and politician1981
Mischa Barton · British-American actress and model1986
Luis Suárez · Uruguayan association football player1987
On this day in history
1848James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (reconstruction pictured) in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.
1987About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
1990Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft, the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
2003The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
1933The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
1968Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
1972Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.
1978The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.
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