Born in 1947, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1947 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1947 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 22 January 1947 and 9 February 1948 are considered born in the Chinese year 1947 and are a Pig sign. In addition, each Pig 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. 1947 is also known as the Year of the Fire Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1947 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1947
Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1947. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1947. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1947 | Al Cowlings, American football player and actor |
| 1947 | Louis Michel, Belgian educator and politician, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1947 | Bill Rodgers, American runner |
| 1947 | Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979) |
| 1947 | Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000) |
| 1948 | Anita Pointer, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (d. 2022) |
| 1947 | Roy Señeres, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2016) |
| 1947 | Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author |
| 1947 | S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (d. 2016) |
| 1947 | Don Burke, Australian television host and producer |
| 1947 | Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician |
| 1948 | Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1947 | Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist |
| 1947 | Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000) |
| 1947 | John Bosley, Canadian businessman and politician, 31st Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 2022) |
| 1948 | Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan |
| 1947 | Dick Fosbury, American high jumper |
| 1948 | Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali |
| 1947 | Tanith Lee, English author (d. 2015) |
| 1947 | Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer |
| 1948 | Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician |
| 1947 | Ray Wise, American actor |
| 1947 | Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic |
| 1947 | Dwight Schultz, American actor |
| 1947 | Sally Struthers, American actress |
| 1947 | Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager |
| 1947 | Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist |
| 1947 | Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013) |
| 1947 | Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015) |
| 1947 | Gregg Allman, American musician (d. 2017) |