Born on January 21
January 21 birthdays & history
If you were born on January 21, you share a birthday with Grigori Rasputin, IShowSpeed and Paul Allen. January 21 babies are Aquarius, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on January 21
- 1869Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic
- 2005IShowSpeed, American YouTuber and online streamer
- 1953Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
- 1941Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
- 1905Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A.
- 1956Geena Davis, American actress and producer
- 1949Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam
- 1989Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer
- 1963Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
- 1996Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
What happened on January 21
- 1326King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's foundation of Oriel College, Oxford.
- 1908New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
- 1911The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
- 1915Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
- 1919The First Dáil convened at the Mansion House in Dublin and adopted a declaration of independence calling for the establishment of the Irish Republic.
- 1925Albania declares itself a republic.
- 1931Isaac Isaacs became the first Australian-born governor-general of Australia.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Also observed on January 21
- Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia)
- Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
- Flag Day (Quebec)
- Grandmother's Day (Poland)
- Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)
- Lincoln Alexander Day (Canada)
Questions, answered
What star sign is January 21?
People born on January 21 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.
Which famous people were born on January 21?
Grigori Rasputin (1869), IShowSpeed (2005), Paul Allen (1953), Plácido Domingo (1941), Christian Dior (1905), Geena Davis (1956) were all born on January 21.
What happened on January 21 in history?
Among other things: in 1981, The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car of the DMC DeLorean at its factory in Northern Ireland; in 1997, The 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; in 2017, Millions 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from January 21?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 21 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 21”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.