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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Pig?
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 |
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| 1959 | Neal Broten, American ice hockey player |
| 1959 | Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1959 | Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces |
| 1959 | Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman |
| 1959 | Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer |
| 1959 | Yves Lavandier, French director and producer |
| 1959 | Laila Robins, American actress |
| 1959 | László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor |
| 1959 | Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach |
| 1959 | Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1960 | Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1959 | Nicola Sirkis, French singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1959 | Anna Escobedo Cabral, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States |
| 1959 | Bob Tway, American golfer |
| 1959 | Phil Morris, American actor and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer |
| 1959 | Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician |
| 1959 | Vincent Irizarry, American actor |
| 1959 | Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor |
| 1959 | Roger Goodell, American businessman |
| 1959 | Drungo Hazewood, American baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 1959 | Jorge Vaca, Mexican boxer |
| 1959 | Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player |
| 1959 | Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia |
| 1959 | Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| 1959 | Hugh Green, American football player |
| 1959 | Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author |
| 1959 | Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator |
| 1959 | Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut |
| 1959 | Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner |