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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| 1947 | Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1947 | Martin Broughton, English businessman |
| 1947 | Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1947 | Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968 |
| 1947 | Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author |
| 1947 | Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager |
| 1947 | Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter |
| 1947 | Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean-Swedish poet and translator |
| 1947 | Ward Churchill, American author and activist |
| 1947 | Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2019) |
| 1947 | Dave Davies, English musician |
| 1948 | Gaj Singh, Indian lawyer and politician |
| 1947 | Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1947 | Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1947 | Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist (d.2018) |
| 1947 | Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian |
| 1947 | Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (d. 2013) |
| 1947 | George Johnston, Scottish footballer |
| 1947 | Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005) |
| 1947 | Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician |
| 1947 | Ralph Wright, English footballer (d. 2020) |
| 1947 | Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer |
| 1947 | Christopher Neame, English actor |
| 1947 | Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author |
| 1947 | Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1947 | Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria |
| 1947 | Nurlan Balgimbayev, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (d. 2015) |
| 1947 | Brian May, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist |
| 1947 | David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter |
| 1947 | Karen Valentine, American actress |