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 |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster |
| 1959 | Renaldo Nehemiah, American hurdler and football player |
| 1959 | Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster |
| 1959 | Jo Bonner, American politician |
| 1959 | Mark DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player |
| 1959 | Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian actress, singer, and politician |
| 1959 | Rick Ardon, Australian journalist |
| 1959 | Ivan Savvidis, Russian-Greek oligarch and politician |
| 1959 | Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer |
| 1959 | Anne Hobbs, English tennis player and coach |
| 1959 | Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter |
| 1959 | Karl J. Friston, English psychiatrist and neuroscientist |
| 1959 | Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1959 | Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress |
| 1959 | Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (d. 2005) |
| 1959 | Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player |
| 1959 | Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player |
| 1959 | Clint Boon, English singer and keyboard player |
| 1959 | Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach |
| 1959 | Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (d. 2017) |
| 1959 | Kim Newman, English journalist and author |
| 1959 | Scott Brayton, American race car driver (d. 1996) |
| 1959 | Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher (d. 2014) |
| 1959 | Alan Best, Canadian animator, director, and producer |
| 1959 | Emeril Lagasse, American chef and author |
| 1959 | Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman |
| 1959 | Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic |
| 1959 | Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician |
| 1959 | Nick de Bois, English politician |
| 1959 | Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter |