Born in 1938, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1938 is the Year of the Tiger and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1938 are Tigers. The Chinese Tiger year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 31 January 1938 and 18 February 1939 are considered born in the Chinese year 1938 and are a Tiger sign. In addition, each Tiger 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. 1938 is also known as the Year of the Earth Tiger. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1938 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Tiger?
Famous people from the Year of the Tiger and 1938
Famous People Born in the Year of the Tiger and Chinese Year 1938. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Tiger 1938. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999) |
| 1938 | Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author |
| 1938 | Christian Müller, German footballer and manager |
| 1938 | Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter |
| 1939 | John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut |
| 1938 | Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter |
| 1938 | Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer and educator (d. 2006) |
| 1938 | Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver (d. 2017) |
| 1938 | Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic (d. 2010) |
| 1938 | Rod Laver, Australian tennis player and coach |
| 1938 | Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (d. 1988) |
| 1938 | Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer |
| 1938 | Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010) |
| 1938 | Tony Macedo, Gibraltarian born English footballer |
| 1938 | Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995) |
| 1938 | David Canary, American actor (d. 2015) |
| 1938 | Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian and author |
| 1938 | Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator |
| 1938 | Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 1938 | David Hart Dyke, English captain |
| 1938 | Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 2018) |
| 1938 | Joe Kapp, American football player, coach, and actor |
| 1938 | Rosalind Cash, American singer and actress (d. 1995) |
| 1938 | Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress |
| 1938 | Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993) |
| 1938 | Brice Marden, American painter |
| 1938 | Cynthia Enloe, American author and academic |
| 1938 | Francine Pascal, American author and playwright |
| 1938 | Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician |
| 1938 | Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003) |