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?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver |
| 1959 | Caroline Goodall, English actress and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Dai Davies Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (MP) |
| 1959 | Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist |
| 1959 | Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor |
| 1959 | Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge |
| 1959 | Stephen Hepburn, English politician |
| 1959 | Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer |
| 1959 | Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator |
| 1960 | Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player and manager |
| 1959 | Mark Ella, Australian rugby player |
| 1959 | Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter |
| 1959 | Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer |
| 1959 | Kathy Mattea, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1959 | David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach |
| 1959 | Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player |
| 1959 | Hugo Swire, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
| 1959 | Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler |
| 1959 | Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic |
| 1959 | Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Sean Bean, English actor |
| 1960 | Sidney Lowe, American basketball player |
| 1959 | Susan Faludi, American journalist, author and feminist |
| 1959 | Óscar Aguirregaray, Uruguayan footballer |
| 1959 | Maurice G. Dantec, French-born Canadian science fiction writer (d. 2016) |
| 1959 | Babyface, American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1959 | Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author |
| 1959 | Ron Drummond, American author and scholar |
| 1959 | Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer |