Born in 1939, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1939 is the Year of the Rabbit and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1939 are Rabbits. The Chinese Rabbit year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 19 February 1939 and 7 February 1940 are considered born in the Chinese year 1939 and are a Rabbit sign. In addition, each Rabbit 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. 1939 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rabbit. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1939 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rabbit and 1939
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rabbit and Chinese Year 1939. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rabbit 1939. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1940 | Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation |
| 1939 | Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1939 | Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1939 | Irina Press, Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (d. 2004) |
| 1939 | Ruth Perry, president of Liberia (d. 2017) |
| 1939 | Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee (d. 2005) |
| 1939 | Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran |
| 1939 | Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013) |
| 1939 | Yael Dayan, Israeli journalist, author, and politician |
| 1939 | Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author (d. 2001) |
| 1939 | Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (d. 2003) |
| 1940 | James Cromwell, American actor |
| 1939 | Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2022) |
| 1939 | Gordon Miller, English high jumper |
| 1939 | Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge |
| 1939 | Billy Henderson, American singer (d. 2007) |
| 1939 | Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author |
| 1939 | Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group |
| 1939 | Ann Cryer, English academic and politician |
| 1939 | John Kingman, English mathematician and academic |
| 1939 | John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author |
| 1939 | John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer |
| 1940 | Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993) |
| 1939 | Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1939 | Bertrand Blier, French director and screenwriter |
| 1939 | Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia |
| 1939 | Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer |
| 1939 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter |
| 1939 | Ian McKellen, English actor |
| 1939 | Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author |