Born in 1908, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1908 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1908 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 2 February 1908 and 21 January 1909 are considered born in the Chinese year 1908 and are a Monkey sign. In addition, each Monkey year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1908 is also known as the Year of the Earth Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1908 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1908
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1908. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1908. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1908 | Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999) |
| 1909 | Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (d. 1996) |
| 1909 | Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (d. 1939) |
| 1908 | Winston Graham, English author (d. 2003) |
| 1908 | Dee Brown, American historian and author (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Daniel Fry, American contactee (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1908 | Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 1944) |
| 1908 | Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author (d. 2005) |
| 1908 | Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (d. 1981) |
| 1909 | Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (d. 1993) |
| 1908 | Dorothy Round, English tennis player (d. 1982) |
| 1908 | Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (d. 1987) |
| 1908 | Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994) |
| 1909 | Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934) |
| 1908 | Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992) |
| 1909 | Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer (d. 1970) |
| 1909 | Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992) |