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 | Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (d. 1963) |
| 1908 | Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (d. 1946) |
| 1908 | Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1945) |
| 1908 | Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987) |
| 1908 | Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (d. 1960) |
| 1908 | Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004) |
| 1908 | Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author (d. 2005) |
| 1909 | Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985) |
| 1908 | Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987) |
| 1908 | Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982) |
| 1908 | Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985) |
| 1908 | Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986) |
| 1908 | Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974) |
| 1908 | Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (d. 1963) |
| 1908 | Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2005) |
| 1908 | Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1908 | Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Kurt Neumann, German director (d. 1958) |
| 1908 | Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976) |
| 1908 | John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Dee Brown, American historian and author (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (d. 1998) |
| 1908 | Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964) |