Born in 1959, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1959 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1959 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1959 and 27 January 1960 are considered born in the Chinese year 1959 and are a Pig sign. In addition, each Pig 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. 1959 is also known as the Year of the Earth Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1959 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1959
Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1959. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1959. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1959 | Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician |
| 1959 | Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1959 | Billy Campbell, American actor |
| 1959 | Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician |
| 1959 | Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge |
| 1959 | Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1959 | Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist |
| 1959 | Meg Munn, English social worker and politician |
| 1959 | Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021) |
| 1959 | Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver |
| 1959 | Ricky Pierce, American basketball player |
| 1960 | Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1960 | Loretta Sanchez, American politician |
| 1959 | Chris Woods, English footballer, coach, and manager |
| 1959 | Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler (d. 2017) |
| 1959 | Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman |
| 1959 | Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach |
| 1959 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1959 | Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter |
| 1959 | Steve Rothery, English guitarist and songwriter |
| 1959 | Peter Fowler, Australian golfer |
| 1959 | Mario Martone, Italian director and screenwriter |
| 1959 | Andreas Busse, German runner |
| 1960 | Sidney Lowe, American basketball player |
| 1959 | Terry Fenwick, English footballer and manager |
| 1959 | Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician |
| 1959 | Baron Waqa, Nauruan composer and politician, 14th President of Nauru |
| 1959 | Michael Walter, German luger (d. 2016) |
| 1959 | John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1959 | Sam Raimi, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |