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 |
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| 1908 | Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (d. 1973) |
| 1909 | Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009) |
| 1908 | Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963) |
| 1908 | John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | Lou Kenton, English social activist (d. 2012) |
| 1908 | Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Van Heflin, American film actor (d. 1971) |
| 1908 | Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian and activist (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Lyman S. Ayres II, American businessman (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003) |
| 1908 | Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (d. 1998) |
| 1908 | Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981) |
| 1908 | Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) |
| 1908 | Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (d. 1983) |
| 1908 | Loulou Gasté, French composer (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1909 | Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992) |
| 1909 | Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Paul Brown, American football player and coach (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017) |
| 1908 | William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (d. 1981) |