Born in 1942, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1942 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1942 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 15 February 1942 and 4 February 1943 are considered born in the Chinese year 1942 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1942 is also known as the Year of the Water Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1942 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1942
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1942. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1942. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1942 | Giles Henderson, English lawyer and academic |
| 1942 | Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player and theoretician (d. 2014) |
| 1942 | Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor |
| 1942 | Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972) |
| 1942 | Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (d. 2012) |
| 1943 | Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author |
| 1942 | John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General |
| 1942 | Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola |
| 1942 | Bobby Keyes, Australian rugby league player (d. 2022) |
| 1942 | Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (d. 2006) |
| 1942 | Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician |
| 1942 | Christopher Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1942 | Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor |
| 1942 | Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008) |
| 1942 | Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer |
| 1942 | Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain |
| 1942 | Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter |
| 1942 | Robert Miano, American actor and producer |
| 1942 | Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian race car driver and politician (d. 2021) |
| 1942 | Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (d. 2014) |
| 1942 | Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager |
| 1942 | Nick Tate, Australian actor and director |
| 1943 | Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter (d. 2018) |
| 1942 | Arto Paasilinna, Finnish journalist and author (d. 2018) |
| 1942 | Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player |
| 1942 | Ferguson Jenkins, Canadian baseball player |
| 1942 | Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Victor Blank, English businessman and philanthropist |