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 | Darryl Brohman, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster |
| 1956 | Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach |
| 1956 | Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer |
| 1956 | Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1956 | Walter Woon, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore |
| 1956 | Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist |
| 1956 | Abdalla Uba Adamu, Nigerian professor, media scholar |
| 1956 | Alain Ducasse, French-Monégasque chef |
| 1956 | Mark Lyall Grant, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1956 | Marta Kauffman, American screenwriter and producer |
| 1957 | Lorrie Moore, American short story writer |
| 1956 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran |
| 1956 | Catherine Holmes, Australian judge |
| 1956 | Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach |
| 1956 | Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician |
| 1956 | Joyce Sidman, American author and poet |
| 1956 | Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (d. 1992) |
| 1956 | Christine Boisson, French actress |
| 1956 | Pedro Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player and manager |
| 1956 | Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer |
| 1956 | Richard Karn, American actor and game show host |
| 1956 | Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist |
| 1956 | Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois |
| 1956 | Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1957 | Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager |
| 1956 | Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1956 | Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater |
| 1956 | Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (d. 2013) |
| 1956 | Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter |
| 1957 | Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician |