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 | Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe |
| 1940 | Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993) |
| 1939 | John F. MacArthur, American minister and theologian |
| 1939 | Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist |
| 1939 | Jet Harris, English bass player (d. 2011) |
| 1939 | Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic |
| 1939 | Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower |
| 1939 | Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician |
| 1939 | Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader |
| 1939 | Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach |
| 1939 | James Booker, American pianist (d. 1983) |
| 1939 | Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer and journalist (d. 2017) |
| 1939 | Colin Thubron, English journalist and author |
| 1939 | E. Clay Shaw, Jr., American accountant, judge, and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1939 | Ted Kaufman, American politician |
| 1939 | Peter S. Beagle, American author and screenwriter |
| 1939 | John Howard, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia |
| 1939 | Johnny Preston, American pop singer (d. 2011) |
| 1939 | Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic |
| 1940 | Katharine Ross, American actress and author |
| 1939 | Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright |
| 1939 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter |
| 1939 | Jay Kim, South Korean-American engineer and politician |
| 1939 | Stuart Kauffman, American biologist and academic |
| 1939 | Roger Clark, English race car driver (d. 1998) |
| 1939 | Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator |
| 1939 | Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator |
| 1939 | Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011) |
| 1939 | Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player (d. 2020) |
| 1939 | Mavis Staples, American singer |