Born in 1947, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1947 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1947 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 22 January 1947 and 9 February 1948 are considered born in the Chinese year 1947 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. 1947 is also known as the Year of the Fire Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1947 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1947
Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1947. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1947. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1947 | Liz Lochhead, Scottish poet and playwright |
| 1947 | Charlie Joiner, American football player |
| 1947 | Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011) |
| 1947 | Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor |
| 1947 | Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979) |
| 1947 | Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager |
| 1947 | Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster |
| 1947 | John Bosley, Canadian businessman and politician, 31st Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 2022) |
| 1947 | Roger Wehrli, American football player |
| 1947 | Torsten Palm, Swedish race car driver |
| 1947 | Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (d. 2012) |
| 1947 | Gary Talley, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author |
| 1947 | Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician |
| 1947 | Chris Wallace, American journalist |
| 1948 | Zygmunt Kukla, Polish footballer (d. 2016) |
| 1947 | Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 2016) |
| 1947 | Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster |
| 1947 | Al Green, American lawyer and politician |
| 1948 | Errol Morris, American director and producer |
| 1947 | Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman |
| 1947 | Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1947 | Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright |
| 1947 | Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director |
| 1947 | Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer and politician (d. 2019) |
| 1947 | Viktor Suvorov, Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author |
| 1947 | Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright |
| 1947 | Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright |
| 1947 | Raymond Bachand, Canadian lawyer and politician |
| 1947 | Bob Anderson, English darts player |
| 1947 | T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator (d. 2015) |