Born in 1940, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1940 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1940 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1940 and 26 January 1941 are considered born in the Chinese year 1940 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon 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. 1940 is also known as the Year of the Metal Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1940 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1940
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1940. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1940. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1940 | Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic |
| 1941 | Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1940 | Bobby Bell, American football player |
| 1940 | Al Pacino, American actor and director |
| 1940 | Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | Jerry Lucas, American basketball player and educator |
| 1940 | Robert Walker, American actor (d. 2019) |
| 1940 | Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician |
| 1940 | Reynato Puno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| 1940 | Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer |
| 1940 | Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (d. 1988) |
| 1941 | Elaine Showalter, American author and critic |
| 1940 | Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager |
| 1940 | Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager |
| 1940 | Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer |
| 1940 | Judy Amoore, Australian runner |
| 1940 | Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (d. 2012) |
| 1940 | Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1940 | Woodie Fryman, American baseball player (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (d. 2015) |
| 1940 | John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach (d. 2021) |
| 1940 | Ted Koppel, English-American journalist |
| 1940 | Mani Neumeier, German drummer |
| 1940 | Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League |
| 1940 | Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician |
| 1940 | Jules Albert Wijdenbosch, Surinamese politician |
| 1940 | Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2019) |