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 | Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980) |
| 1909 | Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1908 | Julian Bell, English poet and academic (d. 1937) |
| 1908 | Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976) |
| 1908 | Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967) |
| 1908 | Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | John Mills, English actor (d. 2005) |
| 1908 | Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970) |
| 1908 | Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971) |
| 1908 | Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959) |
| 1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974) |
| 1908 | Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004) |
| 1908 | David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1974) |
| 1908 | Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter (d. 2019) |
| 1908 | Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (d. 1976) |
| 1908 | John Gould, American journalist and author (d. 2003) |
| 1908 | František Douda, Czech shot putter (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002) |