Famous Aries
Aries is the sign of the first move: the one who goes before anyone else is ready. Famous Aries tend to be remembered as pioneers, people who changed how something was done.
The Sun is in Aries for anyone born between about 21 March and 19 April (the exact day changes slightly from year to year). Aries is a fire sign ruled by Mars, the planet of drive and courage, and it opens the zodiac. In famous lives it shows as nerve, directness and a need to get there first, whether that means a new way of acting, a new sound or a new kind of career.
The charts first: these are the Aries whose birth time is on record and rated AA or A, so the Moon, the Rising sign and the houses can be trusted. Two of them, Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross, were born two years apart, both with Scorpio rising, and both started out singing in Detroit. Below them are more famous Aries by date of birth, which is all you need to know a Sun sign.
The charts
More famous Aries
We have not added full charts for these Aries yet, so they are listed by date of birth, which is all a Sun sign needs.
- Reese Witherspoon, actress and producer (born 22 March 1976): Won the Academy Award for Walk the Line (2005) and founded the production company Hello Sunshine.
- Elton John, singer and songwriter (born 25 March 1947): Has written songs with the lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967, one of the longest partnerships in music.
- Lady Gaga, singer and actress (born 28 March 1986): Won an Academy Award for the song "Shallow" from A Star Is Born (2018), in which she also starred.
- Vincent van Gogh, painter (born 30 March 1853): Made around 860 oil paintings in about a decade, most of them in the last two years of his life.
- Céline Dion, singer (born 30 March 1968): Sang "My Heart Will Go On" for Titanic (1997), and sings in French as well as English.
- Hans Christian Andersen, writer (born 2 April 1805): Wrote The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling, and cut paper silhouettes as he told his stories.
- Maya Angelou, poet and writer (born 4 April 1928): Her memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) was one of the first by a Black woman to reach a wide readership.
- Pharrell Williams, musician and designer (born 5 April 1973): A producer and songwriter who became men's creative director at Louis Vuitton in 2023.
- Billie Holiday, singer (born 7 April 1915): One of the great jazz voices, played by Diana Ross in Lady Sings the Blues (1972).
- Emma Watson, actress (born 15 April 1990): Played Hermione Granger in all eight Harry Potter films.
- Charlie Chaplin, actor and director (born 16 April 1889): Wrote, directed, starred in and scored his own films, among them Modern Times (1936).
- Victoria Beckham, designer (born 17 April 1974): Went from the Spice Girls to founding her own fashion label in 2008.
Are you an Aries too?
If you were born between about 21 March and 19 April, your Sun is in Aries. Atelier Holly's colour guide pairs Aries with Rose. Make your own chart below to see your Moon and Rising sign, and compare it with any of the charts above.
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