Born in 1939, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1939 is the Year of the Rabbit and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1939 are Rabbits. The Chinese Rabbit year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 19 February 1939 and 7 February 1940 are considered born in the Chinese year 1939 and are a Rabbit sign. In addition, each Rabbit 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. 1939 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rabbit. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1939 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rabbit and 1939
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rabbit and Chinese Year 1939. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rabbit 1939. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1939 | Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022) |
| 1939 | Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran |
| 1939 | François de Roubaix, French composer (d. 1975) |
| 1939 | Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker (d. 2009) |
| 1939 | Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager |
| 1939 | Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Katharine Ross, American actress and author |
| 1939 | Coco Laboy, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 1939 | Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (d. 2015) |
| 1939 | Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (d. 2014) |
| 1939 | Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager (d. 2020) |
| 1939 | Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic |
| 1939 | Wafic Saïd, Syrian-Saudi Arabian financier, businessman and philanthropist |
| 1939 | David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster |
| 1939 | Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani author |
| 1939 | Dave Simmonds, British motorcycle racer (d. 1972) |
| 1939 | Peter Revson, American race car driver (d. 1974) |
| 1939 | Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor |
| 1939 | Ian McKellen, English actor |
| 1939 | Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter |
| 1939 | Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (d. 2011) |
| 1939 | Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge |
| 1939 | Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1939 | Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Anglo-Irish peer (d. 2014) |
| 1939 | Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter |
| 1939 | Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute |
| 1939 | Denise Alexander, American actress |
| 1939 | Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch model (d. 1980) |
| 1939 | Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author |
| 1940 | Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist |