Born in 1959, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1959 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1959 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1959 and 27 January 1960 are considered born in the Chinese year 1959 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. 1959 is also known as the Year of the Earth Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1959 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1959
Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1959. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1959. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1959 | Robert Barron, American bishop, author, and theologian |
| 1959 | Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player |
| 1959 | Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer |
| 1959 | Gail Shea, Canadian politician |
| 1959 | James MacMillan, Scottish composer and conductor |
| 1959 | Charles Hudson, American baseball player |
| 1959 | Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor |
| 1959 | David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach |
| 1959 | Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist |
| 1959 | Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Victoria Rowell, American actress |
| 1959 | Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (d. 2007) |
| 1959 | Karen Pierce, English diplomat |
| 1959 | Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1959 | Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia |
| 1959 | Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager |
| 1959 | Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1959 | Lee Daniels, American director and producer |
| 1959 | Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter |
| 1959 | David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor |
| 1959 | Scott Brown, American colonel and politician |
| 1959 | Neal Stephenson, American author |
| 1959 | Hildegard Körner, German runner |
| 1959 | Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author |
| 1959 | Phill Kline, American lawyer and politician, Kansas Attorney General |
| 1959 | Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician |