Born in 1939, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1939 is the Year of the Rabbit and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1939 are Rabbits. The Chinese Rabbit year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 19 February 1939 and 7 February 1940 are considered born in the Chinese year 1939 and are a Rabbit sign. In addition, each Rabbit year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1939 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rabbit. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1939 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rabbit and 1939
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rabbit and Chinese Year 1939. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rabbit 1939. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1940 | John Hurt, English actor (d. 2017) |
| 1939 | Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1939 | Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (d. 1995) |
| 1939 | Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1939 | Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1939 | Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer, composer and songwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1939 | Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation |
| 1939 | Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 1939 | JoAnne Carner, American golfer |
| 1939 | Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1939 | Tom Harkin, American lawyer and politician |
| 1939 | Jay Kim, South Korean-American engineer and politician |
| 1939 | Joan Brady, American-British author |
| 1939 | George Reid, Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament |
| 1939 | Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2021) |
| 1939 | Agnivesh, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician |
| 1939 | Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author |
| 1939 | Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1939 | John H. Sununu, American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff |
| 1940 | Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1939 | Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2022) |
| 1940 | Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015) |
| 1939 | Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic |
| 1939 | Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier |
| 1939 | Ann Cryer, English academic and politician |
| 1939 | John McCabe, English pianist and composer (d. 2015) |
| 1940 | Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1939 | John Peel, English radio host and producer (d. 2004) |
| 1939 | John Kingman, English mathematician and academic |
| 1939 | Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (d. 2010) |