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 | Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (d. 1996) |
| 1909 | Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Ida Pollock, English author and painter (d. 2013) |
| 1908 | Libertad Lamarque, Argentinian actress and singer (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Rob Nieuwenhuys, Dutch writer (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970) |
| 1908 | Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Lee Wiley, American singer (d. 1975) |
| 1908 | Gus Schilling, American actor (d. 1957) |
| 1908 | Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973) |
| 1909 | Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1945) |
| 1908 | Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Werner Flume, German jurist (d. 2009) |
| 1908 | Herman Chittison, American pianist (d. 1967) |
| 1908 | Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017) |
| 1908 | Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) |
| 1908 | M. F. K. Fisher, American author (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | John Mills, English actor (d. 2005) |
| 1908 | Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1909 | Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (d. 1995) |