Born in 1942, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1942 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1942 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 15 February 1942 and 4 February 1943 are considered born in the Chinese year 1942 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1942 is also known as the Year of the Water Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1942 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1942
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1942. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1942. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer |
| 1942 | Jean Ping, Gabonese politician and diplomat |
| 1942 | Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (d. 2004) |
| 1942 | Larry Gilbert, American golfer (d. 1998) |
| 1942 | Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records |
| 1942 | Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator |
| 1942 | Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (d. 2006) |
| 1942 | Ole Anderson, American wrestler |
| 1942 | Speedy Duncan, American football player (d. 2021) |
| 1942 | Guion Bluford, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut |
| 1942 | Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki |
| 1942 | Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia |
| 1942 | Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer |
| 1943 | Richard Moll, American actor |
| 1942 | Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (d. 2002) |
| 1942 | Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer |
| 1942 | Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972) |
| 1942 | Herb Fame, American R&B singer |
| 1943 | Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, second President of the Regional Government of Madeira |
| 1942 | James Gustave Speth, American lawyer and politician |
| 1942 | Matthias Bamert, Swiss composer and conductor |
| 1942 | Billy Smith, Australian rugby league player and coach |
| 1942 | Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic |
| 1942 | Reginald F. Lewis, American Business Tycoon and Philanthropist (d. 1993) |
| 1942 | Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021) |
| 1942 | Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2022) |
| 1942 | Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist |