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 | Don Boudria, Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation |
| 1949 | Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter |
| 1949 | Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (d. 1993) |
| 1950 | Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982) |
| 1950 | Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter |
| 1949 | Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1950 | Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter |
| 1949 | George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1949 | Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and academic |
| 1949 | Thomas McClary, American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1950 | Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler |
| 1949 | Ralph Mann, American hurdler and author |
| 1949 | Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (d. 2019) |
| 1949 | Philip Casnoff, American actor and director |
| 1949 | Tabitha King, American author and poet |
| 1949 | Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-French journalist and author |
| 1949 | Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona |
| 1949 | Alison Wolf, English economist and academic |
| 1949 | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth Prime Minister of Vietnam |
| 1949 | Osamu Fujimura, Japanese engineer and politician |
| 1949 | Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager |
| 1949 | David Mellor, British politician |
| 1949 | Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1949 | Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat, 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (d. 2013) |
| 1949 | Stephen Bruton, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2009) |
| 1949 | Eddie Hart, American sprinter |
| 1949 | James Cartwright, American general |
| 1949 | Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director |
| 1949 | James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1949 | Matthew Parris, South African-English journalist and politician |