A Thursday
Born on January 17, 1980?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
46 years
Famous people born on January 17, 1980
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 17, 1980 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 17, 1980 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 17, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,094 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
Also born on January 17
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sri Krishnadevaraya
1471 · Sri Rajadhiraja Raja Parameswara Mooru Rayara Ganda Yavana Rajya Pratisthapanacharya Andhra Bhoja Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana Sri Krishnadevaraya Vijayanagara emperor from to

Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1600 · Spanish dramatist

Benjamin Franklin
1706 · American polymath and statesman

David Lloyd George
1863 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to

Al Capone
1899 · American gangster

Muhammad Ali
1942 · American boxer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1980
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 47
- “Born in 1980” gifts
- Wine from 1980
- Books about 1980
- A newspaper from 1980
- Coin set from 1980
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Questions about January 17, 1980
- What day of the week was January 17, 1980?
- January 17, 1980 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 17, 1980?
- Someone born on January 17, 1980 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1980?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1980 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
- How old is someone born on January 17, 1980?
- Someone born on January 17, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 17,094 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1980?
- People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for January?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- What was the moon phase on January 17, 1980?
- On January 17, 1980 the moon was a New Moon.
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