Born in 1942, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1942 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1942 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 15 February 1942 and 4 February 1943 are considered born in the Chinese year 1942 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1942 is also known as the Year of the Water Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1942 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1942
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1942. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1942. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1942 | Pete Hamilton, American race car driver (d. 2017) |
| 1942 | Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player (d. 2020) |
| 1942 | Jonathan Raban, English author and academic |
| 1942 | Mike Newell, English director and producer |
| 1942 | Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico |
| 1942 | Max Cleland, American captain and politician (d. 2021) |
| 1942 | Togo D. West, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (d. 2018) |
| 1942 | Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst |
| 1943 | Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| 1942 | Zoot Money, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player |
| 1942 | Preston Manning, Canadian politician |
| 1942 | Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1942 | Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1967) |
| 1942 | Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic |
| 1942 | Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania |
| 1942 | Valentin Lebedev, Russian engineer and astronaut |
| 1942 | John Grillo, English actor and playwright |
| 1943 | Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1970) |
| 1942 | Ian McShane, English actor |
| 1942 | Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator (d. 2017) |
| 1942 | Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1942 | David Steinberg, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1942 | Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (d. 2019) |
| 1942 | Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician |
| 1942 | Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1942 | Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004) |
| 1942 | Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright |
| 1942 | Michel Drucker, French journalist |
| 1942 | Connie Hawkins, American basketball player (d. 2017) |