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 |
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| 1956 | Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright |
| 1956 | Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach |
| 1957 | Andrew Harris, American politician |
| 1956 | Dave Laut, American shot putter (d. 2009) |
| 1956 | Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist |
| 1956 | Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (d. 1981) |
| 1956 | Marc Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician |
| 1956 | Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier |
| 1956 | Gerry Cooney, American boxer |
| 1956 | Gary Cole, American actor |
| 1956 | Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater |
| 1957 | Janick Gers, English guitarist and songwriter |
| 1956 | Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria |
| 1957 | Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director |
| 1956 | Patty Donahue, American singer (d. 1996) |
| 1956 | Doina Melinte, Romanian runner |
| 1956 | Mark Evans, Australian rock bass player |
| 1956 | Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer |
| 1956 | Nazrin Shah of Perak, Sultan of Perak |
| 1956 | Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier |
| 1956 | Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter |
| 1956 | Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter (d. 1995) |
| 1956 | Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager |
| 1956 | Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader |
| 1956 | Andrea Levy, English author (d. 2019) |
| 1956 | Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician |
| 1956 | Shane McEntee, Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 2012) |
| 1956 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran |
| 1956 | Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer |
| 1956 | Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician |