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 |
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| 1959 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler |
| 1959 | Jackie Fox, American bass player |
| 1959 | William T. Vollmann, American novelist, short story writer and journalist |
| 1959 | Robert Greene, American author and translator |
| 1959 | John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster |
| 1959 | Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator |
| 1959 | Kevin Harrington, Australian actor |
| 1959 | András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet |
| 1959 | Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician |
| 1960 | Loretta Sanchez, American politician |
| 1959 | Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author |
| 1959 | Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager |
| 1959 | Billy Campbell, American actor |
| 1959 | Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011) |
| 1959 | Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist |
| 1959 | Terry Fenwick, English footballer and manager |
| 1959 | Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago |
| 1959 | Frode Fjellheim, Norwegian pianist and composer |
| 1959 | Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author |
| 1959 | Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1959 | John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1959 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1959 | Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician |
| 1959 | Patricia Clarkson, American actress |
| 1959 | Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance |
| 1959 | Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster |
| 1959 | Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator |
| 1959 | Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp |
| 1959 | Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer |
| 1959 | Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer |