Famous People Born in the Year of the Ox

Here is our exclusive list of famous people born in the year of the Ox. This refers to Chinese Horoscope signs, based on Chinese New Year. This is by no means an endless list, just the highlights reel of the most famous people born in the Year of the Ox.

The President of the United States Barrack Obama

Barrack Obama – That’s right, the new President of the USA, Barrack Obama was born in the Year of the Ox. You can find out what the Pres has to look forward to in a profile of his star sign in our Chinese New Year Horoscopes for 2009 article.

Other Politicians

Petit French leader with designs on the world Napoleon Bonaparte, and, across the English channel, but no less fierce, Margaret Thatcher are both Oxen. The year of the Ox is worryingly popular with maniacal dictators and homicidal madmen, with Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein both taking their bow on the world stage in the year of the Ox.

Actors and Actresses

A vintage year for heartthrobs, with George Clooney, Richard Gere and Paul Newman all Ox. Smile wielding funny men Charlie Chaplin, Jack Nicholson and Bill Cosby are also all Ox. Starring role for females in the year of the Ox is played by Meg Ryan, with support from Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver. And, not an actresses, but a perennial media favourite, Princess Diana, the people’s princess, is also an Ox.

Artists and Musicians

Not too many of the world’s creative geniuses have hit the earth in the year of the Ox, but those that have are blockbuster names, including Vincent Van Gogh, Johann Sebastian Bach and Picasso . Not quite the equal of the above, but a crowd puller none the less, string plucker Bruce Springsteen is an Ox.