According to Chinese Astrology, 1945 is the Year of the Rooster and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1945 are Roosters. The Chinese Rooster year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 13 February 1945 and 1 February 1946 are considered born in the Chinese year 1945 and are a Rooster sign. In addition, each Rooster 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. 1945 is also known as the Year of the Wood Rooster. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1945 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rooster?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011) |
| 1945 | Larry Little, American football player |
| 1945 | Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, 1st President of Republika Srpska |
| 1945 | Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author (d. 2009) |
| 1945 | Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach |
| 1945 | Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer |
| 1945 | Art Bell, American broadcaster and author (d. 2018) |
| 1945 | Julie Heldman, American tennis player |
| 1945 | Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (d. 2021) |
| 1945 | Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister |
| 1945 | Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1945 | Randy Brecker, American trumpeter and flugelhornist |
| 1945 | Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (d. 2015) |
| 1945 | Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach |
| 1945 | Maury Yeston, American composer, lyricist, and music theorist |
| 1945 | Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| 1945 | Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1945 | Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician |
| 1945 | Derek Underwood, English cricketer |
| 1945 | Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic |
| 1945 | Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer |
| 1945 | Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer and author (d. 2021) |
| 1945 | Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader (d. 2017) |
| 1945 | Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor |
| 1945 | Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress |
| 1945 | Linda Hunt, American actress |
| 1945 | Helena Shovelton, English physician |
| 1946 | Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic |
| 1945 | Sheila Sherwood, English long jumper |
| 1945 | Michael White, English journalist |