According to Chinese Astrology, 1983 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1983 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 13 February 1983 and 1 February 1984 are considered born in the Chinese year 1983 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. 1983 is also known as the Year of the Water Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1983 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Pig?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Asami Mizukawa, Japanese actress |
| 1983 | Zack Greinke, American baseball player |
| 1983 | Riki Miura, Japanese actor |
| 1983 | Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist |
| 1983 | Moustapha Djallit, Algerian footballer |
| 1983 | Virginie Razzano, French tennis player |
| 1983 | Alexa Chung, English model and television host |
| 1983 | Kyle Hogg, English cricketer |
| 1983 | Leelee Sobieski, American actress and producer |
| 1983 | Regan Smith, American race car driver |
| 1983 | David Lee, American basketball player |
| 1983 | Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer |
| 1983 | Chandra Crawford, Canadian skier |
| 1983 | Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer |
| 1983 | Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer |
| 1983 | Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor |
| 1984 | Emerse Faé, French-born Ivorian footballer |
| 1984 | Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean student who perpetrated the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech (d. 2007) |
| 1983 | Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist |
| 1983 | George Perris, Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist |
| 1983 | C. S. Magaoay, American researcher and activist |
| 1983 | Tommie Harris, American football player |
| 1983 | Danielle Valore Evans, American short story writer |
| 1984 | Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro, Japanese sumo wrestler |
| 1983 | Héctor Landazuri, Colombian footballer |
| 1983 | Xiao Yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter |
| 1983 | Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player |
| 1983 | Chris Judd, Australian footballer |
| 1983 | Amber Rose, American model |
| 1983 | Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player |