Born in 1947, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1947 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1947 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 22 January 1947 and 9 February 1948 are considered born in the Chinese year 1947 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. 1947 is also known as the Year of the Fire Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1947 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1947
Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1947. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1947. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1948 | Brendan Foster, English runner and sportscaster |
| 1948 | Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter |
| 1947 | Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977) |
| 1947 | Kim Darby, American actress |
| 1947 | Sara Paretsky, American author |
| 1947 | Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter |
| 1947 | Jim Ryun, American runner and politician |
| 1948 | Carl Weathers, American football player and actor |
| 1947 | Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician |
| 1947 | Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist |
| 1947 | Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1947 | Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager |
| 1947 | Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager |
| 1947 | Les Barker, English poet and author |
| 1947 | Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player |
| 1947 | Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer |
| 1948 | Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler |
| 1947 | Ramón Mifflin, Peruvian footballer |
| 1947 | John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter |
| 1947 | Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian lieutenant and politician, President of Ghana (d. 2020) |
| 1947 | Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic |
| 1947 | Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator |
| 1947 | Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1947 | Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer |
| 1947 | Angry Anderson, Australian singer and actor |
| 1947 | Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee |
| 1947 | Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk) |
| 1947 | Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge |
| 1947 | Margaret Geller, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic |
| 1947 | Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician |