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.
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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 | Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist (d. 2019) |
| 1938 | Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach |
| 1938 | Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer (d. 2011) |
| 1938 | Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director |
| 1938 | Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010) |
| 1938 | Jimmy Clanton, American pop singer-songwriter |
| 1938 | Jane Manning, English soprano and educator (d. 2021) |
| 1938 | Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator |
| 1938 | McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (d. 2020) |
| 1938 | David Hart Dyke, English captain |
| 1938 | Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000) |
| 1938 | Roy Thinnes, American television and film actor |
| 1938 | Jay Black, American singer (d. 2021) |
| 1938 | Keishu Tanaka, Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice |
| 1938 | Grahame Thomas, Australian cricketer |
| 1938 | Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 2018) |
| 1938 | Steve Barber, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1938 | Leonard Appleyard, English diplomat, British Ambassador to China (d. 2020) |
| 1938 | David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge |
| 1939 | Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist |
| 1939 | Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (d. 2014) |
| 1938 | Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (d. 2012) |
| 1938 | Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1938 | Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer (d. 2017) |
| 1938 | Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (d. 2008)[110] |
| 1938 | Hani al-Rahib, Syrian novelist and literary academic. (d. 2000) |
| 1938 | Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic (d. 2010) |
| 1939 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2002) |
| 1938 | Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (d. 2014) |
| 1939 | Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012) |