Born in 1939, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1939 is the Year of the Rabbit and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1939 are Rabbits. The Chinese Rabbit year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 19 February 1939 and 7 February 1940 are considered born in the Chinese year 1939 and are a Rabbit sign. In addition, each Rabbit 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. 1939 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rabbit. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1939 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rabbit and 1939
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rabbit and Chinese Year 1939. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rabbit 1939. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician |
| 1939 | Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe |
| 1939 | Tony Roberts, American actor and singer |
| 1939 | Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player (d. 2020) |
| 1939 | Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1939 | Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter |
| 1939 | Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1939 | Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier |
| 1939 | Hanumant Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 2006) |
| 1939 | Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru |
| 1939 | Michael Billington, English author and critic |
| 1939 | Lou Brock, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2020) |
| 1940 | Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1939 | Tom Hayden, American activist and politician (d. 2016) |
| 1940 | Katharine Ross, American actress and author |
| 1939 | Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017) |
| 1939 | Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1939 | Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator |
| 1939 | John McCabe, English pianist and composer (d. 2015) |
| 1939 | Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique |
| 1939 | Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office |
| 1939 | Richard Zare, American chemist and academic |
| 1939 | Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013) |
| 1939 | Joan Brady, American-British author |
| 1939 | John Peel, English radio host and producer (d. 2004) |
| 1939 | Bruce Hunter, American swimmer (d. 2018) |
| 1939 | Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter |
| 1939 | John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment |
| 1939 | Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (d. 2017) |
| 1939 | Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, author, and translator |