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 | Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter |
| 1940 | Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer |
| 1940 | Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport |
| 1940 | Gil Whitney, American journalist (d. 1982) |
| 1940 | Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2022) |
| 1940 | Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author |
| 1940 | Winnie Monsod, Filipina economist and political commentator |
| 1940 | Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant |
| 1940 | Prue Leith, English restaurateur and journalist |
| 1940 | Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer (d. 2020) |
| 1940 | Marshall Berman, American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | Martin Sheen, American actor and producer |
| 1940 | David B. Frohnmayer, American lawyer and politician, 12th Oregon Attorney General (d. 2015) |
| 1940 | Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1940 | David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (d. 2009) |
| 1941 | Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1940 | Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter |
| 1940 | Woodie Fryman, American baseball player (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Wendy Doniger, American indologist |
| 1940 | Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic |
| 1940 | Richard Thompson, English physician and academic |
| 1940 | Jeanie Lambe, Scottish jazz singer (d. 2020) |
| 1940 | Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic |
| 1940 | Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter |
| 1940 | Billy Cobb, English footballer |
| 1940 | Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (d. 2010) |
| 1941 | Aaron Neville, American singer |