Here’s a partial list of people born in the Year of the Rabbit (Hare or Cat) according to Wikipedia. They include Zero Mostel, Billie Holiday, Anthony Quinn, Hilary Duff, Peter Falk and Quentin Tarantino. Take a look.
And, of course, Happy New Year : 恭禧發財 Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) and Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese).
From a language where the traditional greeting was “Ni chi fan la ma?” (which means have you eaten yet), to celebrate the Chinese New Year go out and get some great Chinese food.
14 February 1915 – 2 February 1916: Wood Rabbit
- February 23 – Paul Tibbets, American World War II bomber pilot (Enola Gay) (d. 2007)
- February 26 – Preacher Roe, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- February 28
- Zero Mostel, American film and stage actor (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) (d. 1977)
- Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1987)
- April 4 – Muddy Waters, African-American musician (d. 1983)
- April 7
- Albert O. Hirschman, German-born economist
- Billie Holiday, African-American singer (d. 1959)
- April 21 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican actor (d. 2001)
- April 10
- Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Founder of Azad Kashmir, Guerrilla leader who Led the Kashmir revolt against Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir.
- Harry Morgan, American actor (Dragnet)
- May 6 – Orson Welles, American actor and director (d. 1985)
- June 9 – Les Paul, American inventor and musician (d. 2009)
- June 10 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
- August 12 – Michael Kidd, American choreographer (d. 2007)
- August 14 – Irene Hickson, American professional baseball player (d. 1995)
- August 29 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
- October 17 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)
- December 7 – Eli Wallach, American actor
- December 12 – Frank Sinatra, American entertainer (d. 1998)
- December 13 – Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (d. 1983)
- December 17 – Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist
- December 19 – Édith Piaf, French singer (d. 1963)
- December 21 – Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (d. 2007)
- December 22 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (Leave It To Beaver) (d. 2010)
2 February 1927 – 22 January 1928: Fire Rabbit
- February 10 – Leontyne Price, American soprano
- February 12 – Rita Meyer, American female professional baseball player (d. 1992)
- February 15 – Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
- February 16 – June Brown, British actress
- February 20
- Roy Cohn, American lawyer and anti-Communist (d. 1986)
- Sidney Poitier, American actor
- February 21
- Erma Bombeck, American writer and humorist (d. 1996)
- Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer
- March 1
- Harry Belafonte, African-American musician and actor (Day-O)
- Robert Bork, American conservative law professor
- March 18 – George Plimpton, American writer and actor (d. 2003)
- March 31
- César Chávez, American labor activist, United Farm Workers founder (d. 1993)
- William Daniels, American actor
- April 27 – Coretta Scott King, American civil rights leader, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (d. 2006)
- May 11
- Mort Sahl, Canadian-born comedian, political commentator
- Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. 2009)
- Bernard Fox, English actor
- June 23 – Bob Fosse, American choreographer and director (d. 1987)
- July 4
- Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
- Neil Simon, American playwright
- July 6
- Alan Freeman, Australian-born broadcaster and disc jockey (d. 2006)
- Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
- Pat Paulsen, American comedian and political satirist (d. 1997)
- August 18 – Rosalynn Carter, wife of U.S. President Jimmy Carter
- August 26 – Althea Gibson, African-American tennis player (d. 2003)
- September 16 – Peter Falk, American actor (Columbo)
- September 22
- Gordon Astall, English footballer
- Tommy Lasorda, American baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- October 1 – Tom Bosley, American actor (Happy Days) (d. 2010)
- October 6 – Antony Grey, English gay rights activist (d. 2010)
- October 8 – César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2002)
- October 10 – Dana Elcar, American actor and director (MacGyver) (d. 2005)
- October 13 – Lee Konitz, American jazz composer and alto saxophonist
- October 14 – Roger Moore, English actor (The Saint)
- November 29 – Vin Scully, American baseball broadcaster
- December 3 – Andy Williams, American singer (Moon River)
19 February 1939 – 7 February 1940: Earth Rabbit
- February 28
- Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Tommy Tune, American dancer, choreographer, and actor
- March 13 – Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter
- April 2 – Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
- April 4 – Hugh Masakela, South African musician
- April 7 – Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
- April 7 – David Frost, English television personality
- April 10 – Claudio Magris, Italian author
- April 13
- Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Paul Sorvino, American actor
- April 22 – Jason Miller, American playwright and actor (d. 2001)
- April 23 – Lee Majors, American actor
- April 25 – Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate
- May 1 – Judy Collins, American singer and songwriter
- May 13 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
- May 19
- Livio Berruti, Italian athlete
- Sonny Fortune, American jazz musician
- James Fox, English actor
- Nancy Kwan, American actress
- Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- May 21 – Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist and composer
- May 22 – Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
- May 23 – Reinhard Hauff, German film director
- May 25 – Dixie Carter, American actress (d. 2010)
- May 26 – Brent Musburger, American sports announcer
- May 29 – Al Unser, American race car driver
- May 30 – Michael J. Pollard, American actor
- June 1 – Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
- July 16 – Corin Redgrave, British actor and political activist (d. 2010)
- July 22 – Terence Stamp, English actor
- July 31 – France Nuyen, French actress
- August 5 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands
- August 12
- George Hamilton, American actor
- Skip Caray, American baseball broadcaster (d. 2008)
- September 1 – Lily Tomlin, American actress
- September 18
- Fred Willard, American comedian
- Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
- October 18
- Flavio Cotti, Swiss Federal Councilor
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of President John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
- October 14 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer
- October 24 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- October 27 – John Cleese, British actor
- November 26 – Tina Turner, American singer
6 February 1951 – 26 January 1952: Metal Rabbit
- February 15
- Melissa Manchester, American pop singer (Midnight Blue)
- Jane Seymour, English actress
- February 16
- Mike Flanagan, baseball pitcher
- William Katt, American actor (The Greatest American Hero)
- February 20
- Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006)
- February 23 – Patricia Richardson, American actress (Home Improvement)
- March 8 – Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
- March 13
- Charo, Spanish-American singer and actress
- Fred Berry, American actor (d. 2003)
- March 17 – Kurt Russell, American actor
- March 18 – Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
- March 24 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer
- March 26 – Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 17 – Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born actress (Romeo and Juliet)
- April 20
- Luther Vandross, American R&B/soul musician (d. 2005)
- Louise Jameson, British actress
- April 21 – Tony Danza, American actor and comedian
- April 29 – Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
- May 15
- Yoshifumi Hibako, Japanese general
- Jonathan Richman, American musician
- Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 19
- Joey Ramone, American rock musician (Ramones) (d. 2001)
- Dick Slater, American professional wrestler
- Al Franken, United States Senator from Minnesota
- May 23 – Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
- May 26
- Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
- Sally Ride, American astronaut
- May 30 – Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor
- June 8 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer
- June 12
- Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 2007)
- Brad Delp, American rock vocalist (Boston) (d. 2007)
- June 13
- Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
- Richard Thomas, American actor (The Waltons)
- June 27
- Julia Duffy, American actress (Newhart)
- Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland
- July 8 – Anjelica Huston, American actress
- July 12 – Cheryl Ladd, American actress and singer (Charlie’s Angels)
- July 21 – Robin Williams, American actor (Mork and Mindy)
- July 24
- Lynda Carter, American actress and singer (Wonder Woman)
- Chris Smith, British politician
- August 25 – Rob Halford, English rock singer (Judas Priest)
- August 28 – Wayne Osmond, American pop singer
- September 2 – Mark Harmon, American actor (NCIS)
- September 2 – Jim DeMint, American politician
- September 5 – Michael Keaton, American actor
- September 7
- Chrissie Hynde, American rock singer (The Pretenders)
- Bert Jones, American football player
- September 17 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark)
- September 18
- Dee Dee Ramone, American musician (d. 2002)
- Darryl Stingley, American football player for the NFL New England Patriots (d. 2007)
- September 25
- Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
- Mark Hamill, American actor (Star Wars)
- September 30 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
- October 2 – Sting, British rock musician (The Police)
- October 7 – John Mellencamp, American musician and songwriter
- October 18
- Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and executive
- Terry McMillan, American author
- November 16 – Paula Vogel, American playwright
- November 26 – Cicciolina, Italian actress and politician
25 January 1963 – 12 February 1964: Water Rabbit
- February 19 – Seal, English singer
- February 21 – William Baldwin, American actor
- March 1 – Russell Wong, American actor
- March 17 – Alex Fong, Hong Kong actor
- March 18
- Ratna Pathak,Indian film actress
- Vanessa L. Williams, American beauty queen, actress, and singer
- March 26 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
- March 27
- Charly Alberti, Argentinian musician
- Quentin Tarantino, American actor, director, writer, and producer
- Xuxa, Brazilian television personality
- July 11 – Lisa Rinna, American actress
- July 16 – Phoebe Cates, American actress
- July 24
- Julie Krone, American jockey
- Karl Malone, American basketball player
- July 27 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
- July 30
- Lisa Kudrow, American actress
- Chris Mullin, American basketball player and executive
- August 1 – Coolio, American rapper
- August 3 – James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)
- August 9 – Whitney Houston, American singer
- August 19 – John Stamos, American actor
- August 22 – Tori Amos, American singer
- October 1 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player
- October 6 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress
- October 10 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
- Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)
- October 12 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director
- November 21 – Nicollette Sheridan, English actress
- November 22 – Winsor Harmon, American actor
- November 23 – Troy Hurtubise, Canadian inventor, Doctor Who, British Television Legend
- December 16
- Benjamin Bratt, American actor
- Jeff Carson, American singer
- December 18
- Pauline Ester, French singer
- Charles Oakley, American basketball player
- Brad Pitt, American actor
- December 19 – Jennifer Beals, American actress
- January 7 – Nicolas Cage, American actor
- January 27 – Bridget Fonda, American actress
- February 5
- Laura Linney, American actress
- Duff McKagan, American rock musician, songwriter
- February 10 – Glenn Beck, American right-wing broadcaster
- February 11
- Sarah Palin, American politician, former Governor of Alaska
- Ken Shamrock, American mixed martial arts fighter
11 February 1975 – 30 January 1976: Wood Rabbit
- February 20 – Brian Littrell, American pop singer (Backstreet Boys)
- February 22 – Drew Barrymore, American actress
- March 14 – Rico Yan, Philippine movie/TV actor (d. 2002)
- March 15 – Eva Longoria, American actress
- March 27 – Stacy Ferguson (Fergie), American pop/R&B singer/rapper of the Black Eyed Peas and actress
- April 6 – Zach Braff, American actor
- May 10 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
- June 8 – Shilpa Shetty, Bollywood actress
- June 27 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
- September 9 – Michael Bublé, Canadian musician
- September 30
- Marion Cotillard, French actress
- Georges-Alain Jones, French singer
- October 5
- Parminder Nagra, British actress
- Kate Winslet, British actress
- November 8
- Tara Reid, American actress
- Ángel Corella, Spanish dancer
- December 17 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian actress and model
- December 21 – Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer
29 January 1987 – 16 February 1988: Fire Rabbit
- February 10 – Choi Siwon, Korean actor and singer (Super Junior)
- February 12 – Miuna Saito, Japanese idol (Country musume)
- February 16
- Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. 2008)
- Yuu Kashii, Japanese actress
- February 22 – Han Hyo-joo, Korean actress
- February 23 – Tsukasa Umesaki, Japanese football player
- February 24 – Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
- March 1 – Kesha, American singer
- March 26 – YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter
- April 7 – Choi Siwon, Korean singer and actor, member of Super Junior
- May 25 – Michael Leib, American actor
- May 30 – Brianna Taylor American singer, TV-show contestant
- May 31 – Curtis Williams, American actor
- September 21 – Twins Ashley Paris and Courtney Paris, American basketball players
- September 28
- Hilary Duff, American actress and singer
- Chloë Hanslip, British violinist
- December 18 – Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
16 February 1999 – 4 February 2000 Earth Rabbit
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