Born in 1940, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1940 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1940 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1940 and 26 January 1941 are considered born in the Chinese year 1940 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon 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. 1940 is also known as the Year of the Metal Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1940 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1940
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1940. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1940. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Dallas Long, American shot putter and physician |
| 1940 | Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant |
| 1940 | Mani Neumeier, German drummer |
| 1940 | Alan Kay, American computer scientist and academic |
| 1940 | Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer |
| 1941 | Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster |
| 1940 | Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1940 | John Waller, English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (d. 2018) |
| 1940 | Chris Cord, American racing driver |
| 1940 | Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Augie Meyers, American musician and singer-songwriter |
| 1940 | Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2022) |
| 1940 | Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1941 | Elaine Showalter, American author and critic |
| 1940 | Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006) |
| 1940 | Ronald Pickup, English actor (d. 2021) |
| 1940 | Annie Ernaux, French author, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1940 | Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa, Cameroonian filmmaker |
| 1940 | Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author |
| 1940 | Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1940 | Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist |
| 1940 | Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman |
| 1940 | Ted Koppel, English-American journalist |
| 1940 | Agostino Vallini, Italian cardinal and vicar general of Rome |
| 1940 | Emilio Delgado, Mexican-American actor (d. 2022) |
| 1940 | Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic |
| 1940 | Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter |
| 1940 | Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion |
| 1940 | Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver |