Born in 1949, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1949 is the Year of the Ox and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1949 are Oxs. The Chinese Ox year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 29 January 1949 and 16 February 1950 are considered born in the Chinese year 1949 and are a Ox sign. In addition, each Ox 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. 1949 is also known as the Year of the Earth Ox. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1949 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Ox and 1949
Famous People Born in the Year of the Ox and Chinese Year 1949. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Ox 1949. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1949 | John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter |
| 1949 | Andy Love, Scottish-English politician |
| 1949 | Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986) |
| 1949 | Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire |
| 1950 | Michael Ironside, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1949 | Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (d. 2017) |
| 1949 | George Hendrick, American baseball player and coach |
| 1950 | Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1949 | Leah Jamieson, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic |
| 1949 | Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1949 | Randy Neugebauer, American accountant and politician |
| 1949 | Eddie Hart, American sprinter |
| 1949 | Mahesh Bhatt, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1949 | Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician |
| 1949 | Keith Carradine, American actor |
| 1949 | Susan Shwartz, American author |
| 1949 | Sonia Proudman, English lawyer and judge |
| 1949 | Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 1949 | Alan Menken, American pianist and composer |
| 1949 | Karl Meiler, German tennis player (d. 2014) |
| 1949 | Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer |
| 1949 | Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author |
| 1949 | Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden |
| 1949 | Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat |
| 1949 | Shane Bourne, Australian comedian, actor, and television host |
| 1949 | Annie Leibovitz, American photographer |
| 1949 | Elizabeth George, American author and educator |
| 1949 | José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1949 | Keith Simpson, English historian and politician |
| 1949 | Alvin Kallicharran, Guyanese cricketer and coach |