Born in 1944, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1944 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1944 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 25 January 1944 and 12 February 1945 are considered born in the Chinese year 1944 and are a Monkey sign. In addition, each Monkey 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. 1944 is also known as the Year of the Wood Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1944 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1944
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1944. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1944. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Jerry Springer, English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati |
| 1944 | Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist |
| 1945 | Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic |
| 1944 | Karen Armstrong, English author and academic |
| 1944 | Woody Shaw, American trumpeter (d. 1989) |
| 1944 | Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach |
| 1945 | Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) (d. 2016) |
| 1944 | Richie Furay, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1944 | Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader |
| 1944 | İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar |
| 1944 | Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer |
| 1944 | Mike Harding, English singer-songwriter and comedian |
| 1944 | John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman |
| 1944 | Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer |
| 1944 | Fannie Flagg, American actress, comedian, and author |
| 1944 | Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, third Prime Minister of the Bahamas |
| 1944 | Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, Iranian-English academic and politician (d. 2022) |
| 1945 | Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (d. 2022) |
| 1944 | Jan Boerstoel, Dutch poet and songwriter |
| 1944 | Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1944 | Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico |
| 1944 | John Sergeant, English journalist |
| 1944 | Ian Wilmut, English-Scottish embryologist and academic |
| 1944 | Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer |
| 1944 | Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 1944 | Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic |
| 1944 | Angélica María, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1944 | Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1945 | Nancy Bond, American author and academic |
| 1944 | Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer |