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Chinese Lunar Calendar
The Chinese Lunar Calendar is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600 BC, when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. Like the western calendar, The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a year! with the start of the lunar year being based on the cycles of the moon.
Therefore, because of this cyclical dating, the beginning of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February. A complete cycle takes 60 years and is made up of five cycles of 12 years each.
The Chinese Lunar Calendar names each of the twelve years after an animal. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying "This is the animal that hides in your heart.
To find out which sign you were born under, find the year you were born in the table below, then click the name of the animal on the same line as the year you were born.
Chinese
Lunar Calendar |
| Rat |
1924 |
1936 |
1948 |
1960 |
1972 |
1984 |
1996 |
2008 |
| Ox |
1925 |
1937 |
1949 |
1961 |
1973 |
1985 |
1997 |
2009 |
| Tiger |
1926 |
1938 |
1950 |
1962 |
1974 |
1986 |
1998 |
2010 |
| Rabbit |
1927 |
1939 |
1951 |
1963 |
1975 |
1987 |
1999 |
2011 |
| Dragon |
1928 |
1940 |
1952 |
1964 |
1976 |
1988 |
2000 |
2012 |
| Snake |
1929 |
1941 |
1953 |
1965 |
1977 |
1989 |
2001 |
2013 |
| Horse |
1930 |
1942 |
1954 |
1966 |
1978 |
1990 |
2002 |
2014 |
| Sheep
(Goat) |
1931 |
1943 |
1955 |
1967 |
1979 |
1991 |
2003 |
2015 |
| Monkey |
1932 |
1944 |
1956 |
1968 |
1980 |
1992 |
2004 |
2016 |
| Rooster |
1933 |
1945 |
1957 |
1969 |
1981 |
1993 |
2005 |
2017 |
| Dog |
1934 |
1946 |
1958 |
1970 |
1982 |
1994 |
2006 |
2018 |
| Pig
(Boar) |
1935 |
1947 |
1959 |
1971 |
1983 |
1995 |
2007 |
2019 |
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Personality
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They are charmed creatures
with more than their fair share of talent,
beauty, intelligent, fun and confidence. They
are natural leaders. Full of drive, determination
and energy, they tend to leap before they look.
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Finance
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With luck, they invariably
escape serious problems.
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Relationship
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Narrow-minded by nature,
it is difficult for Tiger to trust others but
deep down they are sensitive and loving.
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Best Partner
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Horses and Dragons
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Famous Tigers
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Sir David Attenborough,
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Beethoven,
Tony Bennett, Chuch Berry, Richard Branson,
Garth Brooks, Mel Brooks, Agatha Christie,
Phil Collins, Jason Connery, Gemma Craven,
Tom Cruise, Emily Dickenson, Roberta Flack,
Jodie Foster, Connie Francis, Crystal Gayle,
Susan George, Elliott Gould, Buddy Greco, Willia
Hurt, Derek Jacobi, Dorothy Lamour, Stan Laurel,
Marilyn Monroe, Demi Moore, The Queen, Oliver
Reed, Lionel Richie, Diana Rigg, Kenny Rogers,
The Princess Royal, Sir Jimmy Saville, Phillip
Schoefield, Pamela Stephenson, Dame Joan Sutherland,
Dylan Thomas, Liv Ullman, John Voigt, Julie
Walters, Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, Terry
Wogan, Stevie Wonder.
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Personality
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They usually succeed where
all others fail, very down-to-earth, cautious
and unlikely to take to new ideas. Ox personifies
strength and stability. They are also intelligent
but not imaginative.
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Finance
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They are good at business
being very shrewd and completely reliable.
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Relationship
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They are bossy and unromantic.
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Best Partner
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Roosters, Rats and Snake.
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Famous Oxen
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Warren
Beatty, Jon Bon Jovi, Jeff Bridges, King Carlos
of Spain, Barbara Cartland, Charlie Chaplin,
Natalie Cole, Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Tony
curtis, Walt Disney, Patrick Duffy, Jane Fonda,
Gerald Ford, Edward Fox, Michael J. Fox, Peter
Gabriel, Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, Mariel
Hemingway, Robert Hardy, Nigel Havers, Dustin
Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Billy Joel, Don Johnson,
B.B. King, Mark Lemmon, Alison Moyet, Eddie
Murphy, Napoleon, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson,
Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Bruce Springsteen,
Rod Steiger, Meryl Streep, Elaine Stritch,
Loretta Swit, Mary Tyler Moore, Lady Thatcher,
Twiggy, Dick Van Dyke, the Princess of Wales,
Zoe Wanamaker, Barbara Windsor.
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Personality
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Rat people are studious,
preserving and quick-witted. They have a great
deal of ambition and integrity and unbelievable
persistence, and their lives are ruled very
much by emotions. They are often characterized
by charm, sociability and very likeable.
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Finance
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They are usually successful
in a business where they are in contact with
people or if it involves writing or some other
creating pursuits.
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Relationship
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They can chat pleasantly
and display a wordily outlook on life and are
able to dress and decorate with taste.
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Best Partner
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Dragons and Oxen
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Famous Rats
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Alan Alda, Dave Allen, Ursula
Andress, Charles Aznavour, Lauren Bacall, Shirley
Bassey, Jeremy Beadle, Kenneth Branagh, Marlon
Brando, Charlotte Bronte, Chris de Burgh, George
Bush, Jimmy Carter, Dick Cavett, Maurice Chevalier,
Barbara Dickson, Noel Edmonds, Ben Elton, Albert
Finney, Clark Gable, Al Gore,thomas Hardy,
Mata Hari, Vaclav Havel, Charlton Heston, Dennis
Hopper, Englebert Humperdinck, Jeremy Irons,
Glenda Jackson, Jean-Michel Jarre, Gene Kelly,
Kris Kristofferson, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber,
Lulu, Richard Nixon, Sean Penn, The Queen Mother,
Vanesssa Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Jonathon
Ross, Emma Samms, William Shakespeare, Tommy
Steele, Donna Summer, Spencer Tracey, the Price
of Wales, George Washington, Dennis Waterman,
Kim Wilde, the Duke of York.
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Personality
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They are wonderfully trustworthy,
obliging and gallant. The pig shows concern
for welfare, children and comfort. They are
slow decision-making but not indecisive. In
fact they are very intelligent.
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Finance
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Despite their generally
easy-going nature, they can be very determined
and always realize their ambitions.
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Relationship
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They love good things in
life and are usually lucky at obtaining them.
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Best Partner
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Goats
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Famous Pigs
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Bryan Adams, Woody Allen,
Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, Sir Richard Attenborough,
Lucille Ball, Bobby Davro, Humphrey Bogart,
Richard Chamberlain, Hillary Clinton, Glenn
Close, Noel Coward, the Dalai Lama, Sheena
Easton, Emmylou Harris, Ernest Hemingway, Henry
VIII, King Hussein of Jordan, Elton John, Carl
Gustav Jung, Nastassja Kinski, Kevin Kline,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marie Osmond, Luciano
Pavorotti, Prince Rainer of Monaco, Ronald
Reagan, Lee Remick, Ginger Roger, Peter Sampras,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Spielberg, Emma
Thompson, Topol, Michael Winner, Tracey Ullman,
the Duchess of York.
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Personality
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They are loyal, faithful
and honest. Dog people are renowned for championing
good causes, as they cannot stand injustice.
They can be relied upon to keep secrets and
are upright and simple.
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Finance
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They have a good business
sense and inspire confidence but they are also
frequently cynical and pessimistic.
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Relationship
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Their compassion for others
sometimes turns to needless worry and fretting.
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Best Partner
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Goats, Horses and Tigers.
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Famous Dogs
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Andre Agassi, Jane Asher,
Brigette Bardot, Candice Bergman, David Bowie,
Kate Bush, Jose Carreras, Cher, Sir Winston
Churchhill, Bill Clinton, Jamie Lee Curtis,
Charles Dance, Christopher Dean, Sally Field,
Judy Garland, Lenny Henry, Barry Humphries,
Michael Jackson, Felicity Kendal, Maureen Lipman,
Sophia Loren, Joanne Lumley, Shirley MacLaine,
Patrick MacNee, Madonna, Norman Mailer, Barry
Manilow, Rik Mayall, Liza Minelli, David Niven,
Elvis Presley, Linda Rondstadt, Sade, Jennifer
Saunders, Norman Schwarzkopf, Sylvester Stallone,
Donald Sutherland, Chris Tarrant, Mother Teresa,
Ben Vereen, Prince William, Shelley Winters.
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Personality
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They are outgoing and gregarious,
can be very aggressive. Often brilliant but
not practical. They are unhesitatingly frank
and supremely confident.
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Finance
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Though many of their projects
fail, Rooster have wonderful powers of recovery
and often can strut their way through many
difficult situations.
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Relationship
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They are inclined to be
selfish and forget to consider others.
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Best Partner
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Oxen, Dragons and Snakes.
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Famous Roosters
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Michael Caine, Enrico Caruso,
Jasper Carott, Christopher Cazenove, Eric Clapton,
Joan Collins, Rita Coolidge, Sasha, Distel,
the Duke of Edinburgh, Gloria Estefan, Bryan
Ferry, Errol Flynn, Dawn French, Stephen Fry,
Steffi Graf, Melanie Griffith, Richard Harris,
Deborah Harry, Goldie Hawn, Katherine Hepburn,
Diane Keaton, D.H. Lawrence, David Livingstone,
Jayne Mansfield, Steve Martin, James Mason,
Bette Middler, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson,
Paul Nicholas, Kim Novak, Yoko Ono, Donny Osmond,
Dolly Parton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roman Polanski,
Priscilla Presley, Nancy Reagan, Jenny Seagrove,
Carly Simon, Jayne Torvill, Sir Peter Ustinov,
Neil Young.
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Personality
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They are endowed with a
great sense of humor, and are clever, witty.
They are intellectually sharp, quite inventive
and quick to grasp opportunities.
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Finance
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They are good at making
deals and skillful in business diplomacy.
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Relationship
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They can win people with
their charm and will not hesitate a lie in
order to gain their selfish ends.
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Best Partner
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Dragons and Rats
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Famous Monkeys
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Francesca Annis, Michael
Aspel, Jaqueline Bisset, Julius Caesar, Princess
Caroline of Monaco, Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker,
Joan Crawford, Timothy Dalton, Bette Davis,
Bo Derek, Jason Donovan, Michael Douglas, Mia
Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Fiona Fullerton, Jerry
Hall, Tom Hanks, Nigel Kennedy, Gladys Knight,
Walter Matthau, Princess Michael of Kent, Kylie
Minogue, Peter O'Toole, Robert Powell, Debbie
Reynolds, Little Richard, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs,
Tom Sellek, Omar Sharif, Wilbur Smith, Koo
Stark, Rod Stewart, Jacques Tati, Elizabeth
Taylor, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Leonardo da Vinci.
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- Goat people are artistic, sensitive and
elegant. Though they are good at providing
ideas, they lack the determination to carry
them through alone. In spite of this, their
adaptable nature makes them sail through
life unfettered by any serious problems.
- Finance
- Good luck always gets them what they want
in life.
- Relationship
- They are elegant taste, a passionate nature,
wisdom and an inborn gentleness.
- Best Partner
- Rabbits, Pigs and Horses
- Famous Sheeps / Goats
- Jane Austen, Anne Bancroft,
Cilla Black, Elkie Brooks, Coco Chanel,
Nat "King" Cole,
Catherine Deneuve, John Denver, Ken Dodd,
Douglas Fairbanks, Mel Gibson, Paul Michael
Glaser, Mikhail Gorbachev, Larry Hagman,
George Harrison, Hulk Hogan, Isabelle Huppert,
Julio Iglesias, Mick Jagger, Paul Keating,
Ben Kingsley, Franz Liszt, John Major, Michelangelo,
Joni Mitchell, Leonard Nimoy, Robert deNiro,
Oliver North, Des O'conner, Michael Palin,
Keith Richards, William Shatner, Freddie
Starr, Lana Turner, Mark Twain, Rudolph Valentino,
Vangelis, Terry Venables, Lech Walesa, Barbara
Walters, Andy Worhol, John Wayne, Tuesday
Weld, Bruce Willis, Debra Winger.
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- Personality
- They are quick-witted, talent and hard
working. Because of their independent nature,
they refuse to listen to advice.
- Finance
- They are perfectionists and are adept at
handling money.
- Relationship
- Horses are generally well groomed and have
lots of sex appeal but can be foolish in
love.
- Best Partner
- Goats, Dogs and Tigers
- Famous Horses
- Neil Armstrong, Rowan Atkinson, Cheryl
Baker, Ingmar Bergman, Karen Black, Helena
Bonham-Carter, Chopin, Sean Connery, Billy
Connolly, Catherine Cookson, Ronnie Corbett,
Elvis Costello, Kevin Costner, James Dean,
Kirk Douglas, Clint Eastwood, Britt Ekland,
Ella Fitzgerald, Harrison Ford, Aretha Franklin,
Bob Geldof, Sally Gunnell, Gene Hackman,
Susan Hampshire, Rolf Harris, Rita Hayworth,
Jimi Hendrix, Janet Jackson, Dr. Helmut Kohl,
Lenin, Annie Lennox, Paul McCartney, Nelson
Mandela, Princess Margaret, Spike Milligan,
Ben Murphy, Stephanie Powers, Rembrandt,
Barbra Streisand, Keifer Sutherland, Patrick
Swayze, John Travolta, Kathleen Turner, Vivaldi,
Robert Wagner, Billy Wilder, Andy Williams,
Tammy Wynette, Boris Yeltsin, Michael York.
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- Personality
- Those born under this sign are deep thinkers,
tending towards intellectual and philosophic
pursuits, quietly methodical and with a reputation
of wisdom. Fired with intense determination,
they hate to fail at anything.
- Finance
- They seldom have to worry about money and
are usually rich.
- Relationship
- Fastidious about their looks and elegant
taste belong to them. They can be very jealous
and possessive in their relationships.
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- Oxen and Roosters.
- Famous Snakes
- Muhammad Ali, Ann-Margret, Kim Basinger,
Tony Blair, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Conti, Randy
Crawford, Jim Davidson, Bob Dylan, Henry
Fonda, Mahatma Gandhi, Greta Garbo, Art Garfunkel,
Dizzy Gillespie, Stacy Keach, Howard Keel,
J.F. Kennedy, Carole King, James Last, Dame
Vera Lynn, Linda McCartney, Mao Tse-tung,
Nigel Mansell, Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum,
Bob Newhart, Ryan O'Neal, Dorothy Parker,
Pablo Picasso, Mary Pickford, Andre Previn,
Helen Reddy, Griff Rhys-Jones, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Mickey Rourke, Franz Schubert,
Brooke Shields, Paul Simon, Dionne Warwick,
Charlie Watts, Ruby Wax, Oprah Winfrey, Virginia
Woolf, Victoria Wood, Susannah York.
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- Personality
- They are considered superior to all other
animals. Exotic, willful, elegant and with
a leaning towards the occult all belong to
them.
- Finance
- Dragon people are wonderful workers, and
often succeed marvelously in whatever they
do.
- Relationship
- Their self-sufficiency and self-confidence
win them friends as well as enemies.
- Best Partner
- Rats, Snakes and Monkeys
- Famous Dragons
- Jenny Agutter, Jeffrey Archer, Roseanne
Arnold, Joan Baez, Count Basie, Neneh Cherry,
Julie Christie, James Coburn, Bing Crosby,
Salvador Dali, Charles Darwin, Susen Dey,
Neil Diamond, Matt Dillon, Christian Dior,
Fats domino, Placido domingo, Faye Dunaway,
Prince Edward, Adam Faith, Bruce Forwyth,
James Garner, Che Guevara, David Hasselhoff,
Tom Jones, Eartha Kitt, John Lennon, Abraham
Lincoln, Lee Majors, Francois Mitterrand,
Bob Monkhouse, Florence Nightingale, Al Pacino,
Elaine Paige, Gregory Peck, Richard Pryor,
Christopher Reeve, Cliff Richard, Mel Smith,
Ringo Starr, Princess Stephanie of Monaco,
Mr. T, Shirley Temple, Raquel Welch, Mae
West, Frank Zappa.
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- Personality
- Rabbit people are benevolent, calm and
caring. Often involved in healing, cosmetics
or pharmaceuticals. They avoid confrontation
where possible but shows bravery against
high odds.
- Finance
- They are lucky financially with an uncanny
sense of picking a winner; this makes them
good gamblers.
- Relationship
- They can chat pleasantly and display a
wordily outlook on life and are able to dress
and decorate with taste.
- Best Partner
- Goats, Dogs and Pigs
- Famous Rabbit
- Prince Albert, Lucy Arnaz, Harry Belafonte,
Ingrid Bergman, James Caan, Lewis Caroll,
John Cleese, Confucius, Albert Einstein,
Peter Falk, W.C. Fields, Peter Fonda, James
Fox, Sir David Frost, James Galway, Cary
Grant, Edvard Grieg, Oliver Hardy, Paul Hogan,
Bob Hope, Whitney Houson, John Hurt, David
Jason, Michael Keaton, John Keats, Cheryl
Ladd, Danny La Rue, Julian Lennon, Patrick
Lichfield, Gina Lollobrigida, Ali MacGraw,
George Michael, Roger Moore, Nanette Newman,
Tatum O'Neal, Christiana Onassis, Ken Russell,
Mort Sahl, Elizabeth Schwarzcopf, George
C. Scott, Neil Sedaka, Jane Symour, Neil
Simon, Frank Sinatra, Dusty Springfield,
Sting, Jimmy Tarbuck, Tina Turner, Luther
Vandross, Queen Victoria, Andy Warhol, Orson
Welles.
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