Born in 1949, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1949 is the Year of the Ox and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1949 are Oxs. The Chinese Ox year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 29 January 1949 and 16 February 1950 are considered born in the Chinese year 1949 and are a Ox sign. In addition, each Ox 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. 1949 is also known as the Year of the Earth Ox. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1949 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Ox and 1949
Famous People Born in the Year of the Ox and Chinese Year 1949. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Ox 1949. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1949 | Brent Spiner, American actor and singer |
| 1949 | José Pékerman, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager |
| 1949 | Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic |
| 1949 | Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 8th president of Sri Lanka |
| 1949 | Meryl Streep, American actress |
| 1949 | Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author |
| 1949 | Cliff Williams, Australian bass player |
| 1949 | Keith Carradine, American actor |
| 1950 | Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician |
| 1949 | Oscar Martínez, Argentine theater actor |
| 1949 | Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach |
| 1949 | Robert Rankin, English author and illustrator |
| 1949 | Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician |
| 1949 | Antony Sher, South African-British actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2021) |
| 1950 | Angelo Branduardi, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1949 | Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996) |
| 1949 | Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer |
| 1949 | Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, English politician |
| 1949 | James Fallows, American journalist and author |
| 1949 | Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician |
| 1950 | William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014) |
| 1949 | Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter |
| 1949 | Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1949 | César Aira, Argentinian author and translator |
| 1949 | Richard Thompson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1949 | Bob Siebenberg, American drummer |
| 1950 | Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982) |
| 1949 | Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer and manager |
| 1949 | Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (d. 2010) |
| 1949 | Vincent A. Mahler, American political scientist and academic |