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 | Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author |
| 1949 | Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1949 | Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (d. 2011) |
| 1949 | Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician |
| 1950 | Bob Forsch, American baseball player (d. 2011) |
| 1949 | Bill Buckner, American baseball player and manager (d. 2019) |
| 1949 | Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1949 | Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoe world and Olympic champion (d. 2021) |
| 1949 | Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer |
| 1949 | Jamie McGrigor, English-Scottish politician |
| 1949 | Lonnie Johnson, American inventor |
| 1949 | Greg Brown, American musician |
| 1950 | Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach |
| 1949 | Raoul Cédras, Haitian military officer and politician |
| 1950 | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king |
| 1949 | Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician |
| 1950 | Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor |
| 1950 | Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015) |
| 1949 | Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (d. 2017) |
| 1949 | Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1949 | Ulla Schmidt, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health |
| 1949 | Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist |
| 1949 | Lois McMaster Bujold, American author |
| 1949 | Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1949 | Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor |
| 1950 | Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1949 | Alan Osmond, American singer and producer |
| 1949 | Ismail Petra of Kelantan, former Sultan of Kelantan (d. 2019) |
| 1949 | Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971) |
| 1949 | Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician |