1939 Chinese zodiac, age & generation
People born in 1939 are 86 or 87 years old this year and turn 87 on their birthday in 2026.Babies born in 1939 will belong to The Silent Generation. 1939 is the Year of the Earth Rabbit 🐇 and belongs to The Silent Generation.
- Age this year
- Turns 87
- Chinese zodiac
- 🐇 Earth Rabbit
- Generation
- 📻 Silent Generation
- Leap year
- No (365 days)
- Jan 1, 1939
- Sunday
- Chinese New Year
- February 19
How old is someone born in 1939?
Your exact age depends on whether you have had your birthday yet this year. Right now, someone born in 1939 is 86 or 87 years old. Use the age calculator for an exact answer in years, months and days.
Milestone birthdays for people born in 1939
- 10 in 1949
- 18 in 1957
- 21 in 1960
- 30 in 1969
- 40 in 1979
- 50 in 1989
- 60 in 1999
- 70 in 2009
- 80 in 2019
- 90 in 2029
- 100 in 2039
1939 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Rabbit 🐇
1939 is a Earth Rabbit year (Yin). The 1939 Chinese zodiac year began on February 19, 1939 and ended on February 7, 1940. People born in January or early February 1939, before Chinese New Year on February 19, belong to the previous zodiac year: the Year of the Tiger.
The Rabbit is linked with gentleness, grace and good fortune. Rabbit-year people are traditionally described as kind, tactful and refined, preferring peace and comfort to confrontation.
People with the Earth element are traditionally described as stable, practical and patient.
What generation is 1939?
People born in 1939 are part of The Silent Generation, which covers birth years 1928–1945.
The Silent Generation was born between the Great Depression and the end of World War II. A 1951 Time magazine essay gave the generation its name, describing young people who worked hard and kept their heads down.
Famous people born in 1939
- April 19, 1939Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
- November 26, 1939American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
- November 18, 1939Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
- April 13, 1939Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
- April 7, 1939American filmmaker (born 1939)
- August 9, 1939Italian politician and economist (born 1939)
- April 20, 193929th Prime Minister of Norway
- May 25, 1939British actor (born 1939)
- June 22, 1939Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
- July 26, 1939Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007
- January 29, 1939Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)
- April 2, 1939American R&B and soul singer (1939–1984)
- May 18, 1939German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)
- October 27, 1939English comedian and actor (born 1939)
- March 31, 1939Georgian politician, dissident and writer, first President of Georgia (1991–1992)
- September 9, 193910th President of Israel (2014–2021)
- July 15, 1939Portuguese politician (born 1939)
- May 13, 1939American actor
- June 11, 1939Scottish racing driver
- August 2, 1939American filmmaker (1939–2015)
- October 24, 1939American actor (born 1939)
- February 28, 1939Chinese-American physicist, Nobel laureate
- May 4, 1939Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
- November 27, 1939Former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)
- March 29, 1939Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer
- May 25, 1939American actress (1939–2010)
- October 7, 1939British chemist (1939-2016)
- September 13, 1939American actor (1939–2014)
- September 1, 1939American actress
- May 7, 1939Canadian American molecular biologist (1939-2022)
- September 22, 1939Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
- March 20, 1939Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993
- September 5, 1939Australian actor
- September 30, 1939French chemist
- October 22, 19392nd President of Mozambique
- November 26, 1939Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009
- July 1, 1939American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)
- March 17, 1939Italian association football player and manager (born 1939)
- April 27, 1939President of Guinea-Bissau (1939-2009)
- August 21, 1939President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008
- February 12, 1939American keyboardist (1939–2013)
- August 29, 1939American director, screenwriter, and producer (1939–2020)
- November 18, 1939American British neuroscientist, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
- December 26, 1939American record producer (1939–2021)
- July 30, 1939American film director (1939–2022)
- September 7, 1939Officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017)
- March 30, 1939Macedonian atomic physicist (1939–2019)
- May 7, 1939Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994
- July 16, 1939Japanese association football player
- September 18, 1939President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006
- November 7, 1939American computer scientist
- February 14, 1939American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics
- April 1, 1939American actress
- December 18, 1939American scientist
- March 1, 1939Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
- October 14, 1939American fashion designer (born 1939)
- October 30, 1939American biologist
- April 16, 1939British singer (1939–1999)
- September 17, 1939Soviet and Russian film director and actor (1939–2021)
- November 1, 1939French doctor and politician
Other birth years
Frequently asked questions
How old is someone born in 1939?
Someone born in 1939 turns 87 in 2026, 90 in 2029, 100 in 2039. Before their birthday each year, they are one year younger.
What Chinese zodiac is 1939?
1939 is the Year of the Rabbit, with the Earth element (Earth Rabbit). The 1939 zodiac year runs from February 19, 1939 to February 7, 1940. People born in 1939 before February 19 belong to the previous year, the Year of the Tiger.
What generation is 1939?
People born in 1939 belong to The Silent Generation (Silent Generation), which includes birth years 1928 to 1945. Some sources use slightly different cut-off years.
Is 1939 a leap year?
No. 1939 is a common year with 365 days.