The is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese Zodiac related to the Chinese Calendar .
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- 19 February 1901 - 7 February 1902: Metal
- 6 February 1913 - 25 January 1914: Water
- 25 January 1925 - 12 February 1926: Wood
- 11 February 1937 - 30 January 1938: Fire
- 29 January 1949 - 16 February 1950: Earth
- 15 February 1961 - 4 February 1962: Metal
- 3 February 1973 - 22 January 1974: Water
- 20 February 1985 - 8 February 1986: Wood
The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work. As one might guess, such people are dependable, calm, and modest. Like his animal namesake, the Ox is unswervingly patient, tireless in his work, and capable of enduring any amount of hardship without complaint.
The Ox person needs peace and quiet to work through his/her ideas, and when he/she has set his/her mind on something it is hard for him/her to be convinced otherwise. The Ox person has a very logical mind and is extremely systematic in whatever he/she does, even without imagination. These people speak little but are extremely intelligent. When necessary, they are articulate and eloquent.
The Ox is not extravagant, and the thought of living off credit cards or being in debt makes him/her nervous. The possibility of taking a serious risk could cause the Ox sleepless nights.
Ox people are truthful and sincere, and the idea of wheeling and dealing in a competitive world is distasteful to them. They are rarely driven by the prospect of financial gain. These people are always welcome because of their honesty and patience. They have many friends, who appreciate the fact that the Ox people are wary of new trends, although every now and then they can be encouraged to try something new.
It is important to remember that the Ox people are sociable and relaxed when they feel secure, but occasionally a dark cloud looms over such people and they engage all the trials of the whole world and seek solutions for them.
Metal Oxen
- Andy Lau , actor and singer
- Andy Taylor , British musician
- Ann Coulter , American author, political commentator and attorney
- Barack Obama , American politician
- Ben Johnson , Canadian athlete
- Boy George , British musician and producer
- Carl Lewis , American athlete
- Charles Lindbergh , American aviator
- Clark Gable , American actor
- Commodus , Roman emperor
- Dan Marino , American football player
- Daniel Webster , American statesman
- Dennis Rodman , American basketball player and actor
- Diana , Princess of Wales
- Eddie Murphy , American actor and comedian
- El Greco , Cretian painter, sculptor and architect
- Enrico Fermi , Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Enya , Irish singer and songwriter
- Gary Cooper , American actor
- George Clooney , American actor
- Georges Clemenceau , French statesman
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Of Russia
- Herodes Atticus , Greek rhetoritician
- Hirohito , Japanese emperor
- Jeff Probst , reality television host, game show host
- Jennifer Jason Leigh , American actress
- Jim Carrey , Canadian actor and comedian
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel , German architect and painter
- King Abdullah II Of Jordan
- Langston Hughes , American writer
- Laurence Fishburne , American actor
- Leo I , East Roman Emperor
- Linus Pauling , American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace
- Liu Bei , founder of the Shu Kingdom of China
- Lothar Matthäus , German footballer
- Louis Armstrong , American jazz musician
- Marlene Dietrich , German actress
- Marquise De Pompadour , mistress of King Louis XV of France
- Meg Ryan , American actress
- Melissa Etheridge , American musician
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Peter Jackson , New Zealand film director
- Pierre De Fermat , French mathematician
- Ptolemy , Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer
- Qin Shi Huang , first emperor and unifier of China
- Saint Francis Of Assisi , Italian founder of the Franciscan Order
- Santa Claus
- Shaka Zulu , King of the Zulu people
- Theodosius II , East Roman Emperor
- Tom Araya , Chilean-born musician
- Walt Disney , American animator and film producer
- Werner Heisenberg , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- William James , American psychologist
- Zeppo Marx , American comedian
Water Oxen
- Aishwarya Rai , Indian actress
- Albert Camus , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Albertus Magnus , German philosopher and theologian
- Albrecht Kossel , German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Arno Schmidt , German author
- Burt Lancaster , American actor
- Carson Daly , American talk show host
- Cecil Rhodes , English businessman
- Corey Taylor , American musician
- David Blaine , American magician
- Faith Evans , American singer
- François Rabelais , French writer
- Gerald Ford , 38th President of the United States
- Gretchen Wilson , American singer
- Hannibal Of Carthage , later a distinguished military commander
- Heidi Klum , German model
- Hendrik Lorentz , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Henry IV , French king
- Jason "Wee Man" Acuña , American entertainer
- Jennifer Esposito , American actress
- Justus Jonas , German protestant reformer
- Kate Beckinsale , English actress
- Kate Moss , English model
- King Ptolemy I Of Egypt , later founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty
- Marcus Ulpius Traianus , Roman emperor
- Maximinus Thrax , Roman emperor
- Menachem Begin , Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Mike Smith , American musician
- Nas , American rapper
- Natalie Appleton , Canadian singer
- Neve Campbell , Canadian actress
- Oscar De La Hoya , American boxer
- Paracelsus , Swiss physician and scientist
- Pharrell Williams , American musician and producer
- Plato , Greek philosopher
- Porphyry , Neoplatonist philosopher
- Preston Lacy , American entertainer
- Tori Spelling , American actress
- Monica Lewinsky , White House intern
- Sam Houston , President of the Republic of Texas
- Shannon Elizabeth , American actress
- Stephen F. Austin , American pioneer
- Tempestt Bledsoe , American actress
- Tricia Helfer , Canadian actress and model
- Vincent Van Gogh , Dutch painter
- Vivien Leigh , British actress
- Wilhelm Ostwald , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- William Casey , American Central Intelligence Agency director
- Willy Brandt , Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Wolfgang Pauli , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Wood Oxen
- Albert Medwin , American inventor
- Alessandro Volta , Italian physicist
- Alexander The Great , later King of Macedonia
- Alexis De Tocqueville , French historian
- Angela Lansbury , American actress
- Archibald Bower , Scottish historian
- Barbara Bush , First Lady of the United States
- Benjamin Guggenheim , American businessman
- Bill Haley , American musician
- Carlos Castaneda , Brazilian-born mystic
- Charles G. Dawes , Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Ciara , American singer
- Dante , Italian writer
- Dick Van Dyke , American actor
- Diocles , who would become the Roman Emperor Diocletian
- Emperor Guangwu Of Han China
- Erich Ludendorff , German general
- Fanny Mendelssohn , German composer and pianist
- George Berkeley , English philosopher
- George Frideric Handel , German composer
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini , Italian astronomer and engineer
- Giuseppe Mazzini , Italian patriot, statesman, and writer
- Gore Vidal , American writer
- Hans Christian Andersen , Danish writer
- Heraclitus Of Ephesus , Greek philosopher
- Jack Osbourne , English actor
- Jacqueline Pascal , French child prodigy and sister of Blaise Pascal
- Jan Van Eyck , Flemish painter
- Johan De Witt , Dutch politican
- Johann Gottfried Koehler , German astronomer
- Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer
- John Gay , English writer
- Joseph Smith, Jr. , American religious leader, founder of Mormonism
- Johnny Carson , American comedian and television host
- Keira Knightley , English actress
- King George V of the United Kingdom
- Malcolm X , American civil rights activist
- Marcus Licinius Crassus , Roman politician
- Margaret Thatcher , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Mahathir Bin Mohamad , Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Michelle Trachtenberg , American actress
- Mischa Barton , British-born American actress
- Peter Sellers , English comedian and actor
- Philipp Scheidemann , Chancellor of Germany
- Pol Pot , Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major , one of the Greatest Roman generals and statesmen
- Raven Symone , American actress
- Riza Abbasi , Persian painter and calligrapher
- Robert Kennedy , American politician and Attorney General of the United States
- Rudyard Kipling , British writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Sammy Davis Jr. , American singer, dancer, musician, and actor
- Sandro Botticelli , Italian painter
- Sarah Hughes , American athlete
- Soupy Sales , American comedian
- Warren G. Harding , 29th President of the United States
- Wayne Rooney , English football player
- William F. Buckley, Jr. , American journalist, author, and commentator
- Zachary Hanson , American musician
- Zu Chongzhi , Chinese mathematician
Fire Oxen
- André Maginot , French politician
- Anthony Hopkins , Welsh actor
- Bill Cosby , American actor and comedian
- Colin Powell , U.S. Secretary of State
- Dustin Hoffman , American actor
- Edmund Andros , English governor in North America
- Henry David Thoreau , American philosopher
- Hermann Hesse , German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Jack Nicholson , American actor
- Jane Fonda , American actress and social activist
- King Charles V Of France
- King Richard I Of England , Richard the Lionheart
- Madeleine Albright , U.S. Secretary of State
- Merle Haggard , American musician
- Metastasio , Italian poet
- Morgan Freeman , American actor
- Philetaerus , founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamum in Anatolia
- Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) , Roman poet
- Robert Redford , American actor
- Saddam Hussein , Iraqi dictator
- Saint Gregory The Illuminator , founder and patron saint of the Armenian Church
- Tung Chee Hwa , Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- Theodor Mommsen , German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Warren Beatty , American actor and director
- Vladimir Ashkenazy , Russian pianist
- Yuri Senkevich , Russian cosmonaut
Earth Oxen
- Adolf Hitler , Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany
- Alan Menken , American composer
- Alla Pugacheva , Best-selling Russian musician
- Arsene Wenger , French football manager
- Arthur Wellesley , 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Benjamin Netanyahu , Prime Minister of Israel
- Bernard Arnault , French billionaire
- Bill O'Reilly , American journalist
- Billy Joel , American musician
- Bruce Springsteen , American singer and songwriter
- Charlie Chaplin , English actor and film director
- Chester A. Arthur , 21st President of the United States
- Chris Latta , American entertainer
- Edwin Hubble , American astronomer
- Ferdinand III , Grand Duke of Tuscany
- Friedrich August Kekulé Von Stradonitz , German chemist
- Gerrit Graham , American actor
- Geronimo , Apache leader
- Gilles Villeneuve , Canadian race car driver
- Gloria Gaynor , American singer
- Hank Williams Jr. , American singer
- Jawaharlal Nehru , Prime Minister of India
- Jeff Bridges , American actor
- Jim Sheridan , Irish film director
- Kurt Tucholsky , German-born journalist and satirist
- Levi Strauss , American clothing designer
- Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian-born philosopher
- Mark Knopfler , English guitarist, Dire Straits
- Martin Heidegger , German philosopher
- Morgan Fairchild , American actress
- Napoleon Bonaparte , Emperor of France
- Niccolò Machiavelli , Italian historian and political author
- Niki Lauda , Austrian race car driver
- Patrick Duffy , American actor
- Patrick Süskind , German writer
- Peter Gabriel , British musician
- Richard Gere , American actor
- Robert Taft , U.S. Senator from Ohio
- Sigourney Weaver , American actress
- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , President of Indonesia
- Thaksin Shinawatra , Prime Minister of Thailand
- Tom Berenger , American actor
- Vasco Da Gama , Explorer
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