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 | Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer |
| 1956 | Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer |
| 1956 | Terry Leahy, English businessman |
| 1956 | John McCarthy, English journalist and author |
| 1956 | Montel Williams, American talk show host and television personality |
| 1956 | Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler |
| 1956 | Steve Vizard, Australian television host, actor, and producer |
| 1956 | Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1956 | Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer |
| 1957 | Andrew Harris, American politician |
| 1956 | John Le Lievre, British squash player (d. 2021) |
| 1956 | Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986) |
| 1956 | Frances Arnold, American scientist and engineer |
| 1956 | Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner |
| 1956 | Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (d. 2021) |
| 1956 | Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician |
| 1956 | Vahur Sova, Estonian architect |
| 1956 | Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003) |
| 1957 | Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director |
| 1956 | Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina |
| 1956 | Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer |
| 1956 | Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan |
| 1956 | Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP (d. 2012) |
| 1956 | Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author |
| 1956 | Dominique Blanc, French actress, director, and screenwriter |
| 1956 | Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer |
| 1956 | Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician |
| 1956 | Bernard King, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 1956 | Keith Vaz, Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe |
| 1956 | Régis Labeaume, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City |