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 |
|---|---|
| 1949 | Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1950 | Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th First Lady of Iceland |
| 1949 | Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster |
| 1949 | Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (d. 2017) |
| 1949 | Jim Brunzell, American wrestler |
| 1949 | Philip Kruse, Norwegian trumpeter and orchestra leader |
| 1949 | Lois McMaster Bujold, American author |
| 1950 | Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter |
| 1949 | Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop |
| 1949 | Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996) |
| 1949 | Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and academic |
| 1949 | Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist |
| 1949 | Dave Lloyd, English cyclist and coach |
| 1949 | William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator |
| 1949 | Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986) |
| 1949 | Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1949 | Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach |
| 1949 | Venkaiah Naidu, Indian lawyer and politician |
| 1949 | Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist |
| 1949 | Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker |
| 1949 | Blase J. Cupich, American theologian and cardinal |
| 1949 | Babette Cole, English author and illustrator (d. 2017) |
| 1949 | Rod Temperton, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2016) |
| 1949 | Dennis Green, American football player and coach (d. 2016) |
| 1949 | Jim McGinty, Australian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Western Australia |
| 1949 | Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1949 | Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (d. 2006) |
| 1949 | Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare |
| 1949 | Christa Vahlensieck, German runner |
| 1949 | Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta |