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 | Davey Graham, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1940 | Lester Chambers, American singer and musician |
| 1940 | Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1940 | James Gammon, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates |
| 1940 | Bob Chance, American baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) |
| 1940 | Vic Dana, American dancer and singer |
| 1941 | Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist and academic |
| 1940 | Butch Buchholz, American tennis player |
| 1940 | Patrick Stewart, English actor, director, and producer |
| 1940 | John Gotti, American mob boss (d. 2002) |
| 1940 | J. M. G. Le Clézio, Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1940 | Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Saul Kripke, American philosopher and academic (d. 2022) |
| 1941 | Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player |
| 1940 | Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general (d. 2019) |
| 1941 | Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (d. 1986) |
| 1940 | Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2022) |
| 1940 | André Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician |
| 1940 | David William Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London |
| 1940 | Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach |
| 1940 | Shyamal Kumar Sen, Indian jurist and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal |
| 1940 | Keith Savage, English rugby player |
| 1940 | Chuck Rainey, American bassist |
| 1940 | Joanna Miles, French-born American actress |
| 1940 | Arieh Warshel, Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist |
| 1940 | Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress |
| 1940 | Elke Sommer, German actress |