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 | Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer |
| 1938 | Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc. |
| 1939 | Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer |
| 1938 | John Ashworth, English biologist and academic |
| 1939 | Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (d. 2009) |
| 1938 | Rex Reed, American film critic |
| 1938 | Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1938 | Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1938 | Barry Newman, American actor |
| 1938 | Gillian Tindall, English historian and author |
| 1938 | Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993) |
| 1938 | Fred Mifflin, Canadian admiral and politician, 19th Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 2013) |
| 1938 | Karin Balzer, German hurdler (d. 2019) |
| 1938 | Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive |
| 1938 | Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003) |
| 1938 | Kel Tremain, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992) |
| 1938 | Paul Benedict, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1938 | Nicholasa Mohr, Puerto Rican American Nuyorican writer |
| 1938 | Adam Raphael, English journalist and author |
| 1938 | Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 2018) |
| 1938 | Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1938 | Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1938 | Rich Little, Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer |
| 1939 | Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director |
| 1938 | Ernie Sigley, Australian television host (d. 2021) |
| 1938 | Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist (d. 2018) |
| 1938 | Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1938 | Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1938 | Bobby Henrich, American baseball player |
| 1938 | Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator |