Born in 1944, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1944 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1944 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 25 January 1944 and 12 February 1945 are considered born in the Chinese year 1944 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. 1944 is also known as the Year of the Wood Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1944 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1944
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1944. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1944. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1944 | Jerry Relph, American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate (d. 2020) |
| 1944 | Christopher Gunning, English composer |
| 1944 | Mary Wilson, American singer (d. 2021) |
| 1944 | Jan Boerstoel, Dutch poet and songwriter |
| 1944 | Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH (d. 2022) |
| 1944 | Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977) |
| 1945 | Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver |
| 1944 | Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter |
| 1944 | Gary Sutherland, American baseball player and scout |
| 1945 | William R. Higgins, American colonel (d. 1990) |
| 1944 | Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager |
| 1944 | Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1944 | Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1944 | Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer |
| 1944 | Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, third Prime Minister of the Bahamas |
| 1944 | Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator |
| 1944 | Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (d. 2015) |
| 1944 | Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1991) |
| 1944 | Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1944 | János Martonyi, Hungarian politician |
| 1944 | Frank McRae, American football player and actor (d. 2021) |
| 1944 | John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster |
| 1944 | Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic |
| 1944 | Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player |
| 1944 | George Graham, Scottish footballer and manager |
| 1945 | John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2020) |
| 1944 | James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant |
| 1944 | Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine) |
| 1944 | Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter |
| 1944 | Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (d. 2022) |