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 | Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter |
| 1956 | Brian Benben, American actor and producer |
| 1956 | Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer |
| 1956 | Jon Tester, American farmer and politician |
| 1956 | Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989) |
| 1956 | Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer |
| 1957 | Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager |
| 1956 | Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004) |
| 1956 | John McCarthy, English journalist and author |
| 1956 | Lee Scott, English politician |
| 1956 | Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player |
| 1957 | Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager |
| 1956 | Patty Sheehan, American golfer |
| 1956 | Mark Mangino, American football player and coach |
| 1956 | Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1956 | Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach |
| 1956 | Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician |
| 1956 | W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation |
| 1956 | Danny Boyle, English director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1957 | Ron Franscell, American author and journalist |
| 1956 | Peter Fincham, English screenwriter and producer |
| 1956 | Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012) |
| 1956 | Joyce Sidman, American author and poet |
| 1956 | Sohn Suk-hee, South Korean newscaster |
| 1956 | Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer |
| 1956 | Ricky Morton, American wrestler |
| 1956 | Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter |
| 1956 | Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam (d. 2008) |
| 1956 | Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright |
| 1956 | Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host |