Born in 1949, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1949 is the Year of the Ox and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1949 are Oxs. The Chinese Ox year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 29 January 1949 and 16 February 1950 are considered born in the Chinese year 1949 and are a Ox sign. In addition, each Ox 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. 1949 is also known as the Year of the Earth Ox. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1949 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Ox and 1949
Famous People Born in the Year of the Ox and Chinese Year 1949. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Ox 1949. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1949 | Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach |
| 1949 | Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer |
| 1949 | John Savage, American actor and producer |
| 1949 | Raymond Blanc, French chef and author |
| 1949 | Litsa Diamanti, Greek singer |
| 1949 | Mike Batt, English singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1949 | Dennis Green, American football player and coach (d. 2016) |
| 1949 | Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician |
| 1949 | Bill Whittington, American racing driver |
| 1949 | Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1949 | Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop |
| 1949 | Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014) |
| 1949 | Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter |
| 1949 | Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020) |
| 1949 | Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire |
| 1949 | Thelma Drake, American politician |
| 1949 | Patti LuPone, American actress and singer |
| 1949 | Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (d. 2011) |
| 1950 | Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic |
| 1950 | John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada |
| 1949 | Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1949 | Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster |
| 1949 | Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (d. 2017) |
| 1949 | Michael Gaughan (Irish republican) Irish Hunger Striker (d. 1974) |
| 1949 | Lois McMaster Bujold, American author |
| 1949 | Nick Lowe, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer |
| 1949 | Tony Cragg, English sculptor |
| 1949 | Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1949 | Zoë Wanamaker, American-British actress |
| 1949 | Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (d. 2013) |