Every yearJanuary 15
Everything January 15 celebrates
8 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for January 15 every year, and 4 more land on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Humanitarian DayLead | Community | |
| 02 | National Bagel Day | Food | |
| 03 | National Booch Day | Food | |
| 04 | National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day | Food | |
| 05 | National Hat Day | Celebration |
| 06 | National Strawberry Ice Cream Day | Food | |
| 07 | Wikipedia Day | Tech | |
| 08 | National Pothole Day | Celebration |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on January 15 in some years.
Blue Monday — 2029 and 2035
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — 2029 and 2035
National Day of Service — 2029 and 2035
Tu BiShvat — 2033
Born on January 15
Historic figures
- Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Molière1622–1673French actor and playwright
- Gamal Abdel Nasser1918–1970Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon1809–1865French economist and politician
- Mihai Eminescu1850–1889Romanian journalist, author, and poet
- Edward Teller1908–2003Hungarian-American physicist and academic
- Saud of Saudi Arabia1902–1969King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964
- Franz Grillparzer1791–1872Austrian author, poet, and playwright
- Artturi Ilmari Virtanen1895–1973Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Lee Teng-hui1923–2020Taiwanese economist and politician
Celebrities & public figures
- Dove Cameronb. 1996American actress and singer
- Pitbullb. 1981American rapper and producer
- Regina Kingb. 1971American actress
- Skrillexb. 1988American DJ and producer
- Ben Shapirob. 1984American author and commentator
- Eric Dierb. 1994English footballer
- Boris Tadićb. 1958Serbian psychologist and politician
- Mayawatib. 1956Indian educator and politician
- Marc Bartrab. 1991Spanish footballer
- Martin Dúbravkab. 1989Slovak footballer
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers January 15 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see January 15, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.