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 | Tony Cragg, English sculptor |
| 1949 | Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer |
| 1949 | Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 1949 | Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| 1949 | Jens Böhrnsen, German judge and politician |
| 1949 | Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1990) |
| 1949 | António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| 1949 | Patrick Duffy, American actor, director, and producer |
| 1949 | Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician |
| 1949 | Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician |
| 1949 | Keith Carradine, American actor |
| 1949 | Frank Doran, Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017) |
| 1949 | Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer |
| 1950 | Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1949 | Warren Burt, American-Australian composer |
| 1949 | Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese businessman |
| 1949 | Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter |
| 1949 | Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician |
| 1949 | Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist |
| 1949 | Tom Berenger, American actor, film producer and television writer |
| 1949 | Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat |
| 1949 | Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese journalist and politician |
| 1949 | Mike Jackson, American basketball player |
| 1949 | Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987) |
| 1949 | Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 1949 | Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (d. 2011) |
| 1949 | Robert Axelrod, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2019) |
| 1949 | Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician |
| 1949 | Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer |
| 1949 | Jim McGinty, Australian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Western Australia |