Born in 1956, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1956 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1956 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 12 February 1956 and 30 January 1957 are considered born in the Chinese year 1956 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. 1956 is also known as the Year of the Fire Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1956 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1956
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1956. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1956. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Sherri Turner, American golfer |
| 1956 | Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach |
| 1956 | Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician |
| 1956 | Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author |
| 1956 | David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter |
| 1956 | Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (d. 2018) |
| 1956 | Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003) |
| 1956 | Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach |
| 1956 | Steve Mortimer, Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator |
| 1956 | Jennell Jaquays, American game designer |
| 1956 | Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament (d. 2012) |
| 1956 | Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual |
| 1957 | Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author |
| 1956 | Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer |
| 1956 | Ronnie Musgrove, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi |
| 1956 | Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer |
| 1956 | John Le Lievre, British squash player (d. 2021) |
| 1956 | Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer |
| 1956 | Anita Hill, American lawyer and academic |
| 1957 | Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1956 | W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation |
| 1956 | Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist |
| 1956 | Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina |
| 1956 | Rusty Wallace, American race car driver |
| 1956 | Michael Connelly, American author |
| 1956 | Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1956 | Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1956 | Martha Isabel Fandiño Pinilla, Colombian-Italian mathematician and author |
| 1956 | Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission |
| 1956 | Deval Patrick, American lawyer and politician, 71st Governor of Massachusetts |