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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rabbit?
Date | Name |
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1939 | Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013) |
1939 | Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan |
1939 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer |
1939 | Rocky Thompson, American golfer and politician |
1939 | Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone |
1939 | DeWitt Weaver, American golfer |
1939 | Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager |
1939 | Ron Rifkin, American actor |
1939 | Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal |
1939 | Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic |
1939 | Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014) |
1939 | Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017) |
1939 | Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter |
1939 | Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager |
1939 | Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia |
1939 | France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress |
1939 | Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani author |
1939 | John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey |
1939 | Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003) |
1939 | Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway |
1939 | Neil Fox, English rugby league player and coach |
1939 | Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker (d. 2009) |
1939 | Eddie Kendricks, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1992) |
1939 | Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor |
1939 | Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019) |
1939 | Dick Scobee, American pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986) |
1939 | James Fox, English actor |
1939 | Robert Horton, English businessman (d. 2011) |
1939 | Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran |
1939 | Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) |