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 | Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963) |
| 1908 | Jean-Pierre Wimille, French racing driver (d. 1949) |
| 1908 | Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (d. 1979) |
| 1908 | James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Jenő Vincze, Hungarian footballer (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967) |
| 1908 | Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017) |
| 1908 | Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970) |
| 1908 | Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (d. 1975) |
| 1908 | Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984) |
| 1908 | Celia Johnson, English actress (d. 1982) |
| 1908 | Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967) |
| 1908 | Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Gertrude Bancroft, American economist (d. 1985)[19] |
| 1908 | Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972) |
| 1908 | Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982) |
| 1908 | René Daumal, French author and poet (d. 1944) |