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 | Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager |
| 1941 | Nicholas Brooks, English historian (d. 2014) |
| 1940 | Jeff Wooller, English accountant and banker |
| 1941 | Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland |
| 1940 | Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment |
| 1940 | Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer |
| 1940 | Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer |
| 1940 | Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Vic Dana, American dancer and singer |
| 1940 | Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1940 | Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (d. 2021)[42] |
| 1940 | Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician |
| 1940 | Chuck Rainey, American bassist |
| 1940 | Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (d. 2009) |
| 1940 | Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player and coach |
| 1941 | Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor |
| 1940 | Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979) |
| 1940 | Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 2017) |
| 1940 | Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter |
| 1941 | Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1940 | Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower |
| 1940 | Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter |
| 1940 | Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1940 | Davey Graham, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1940 | Janet Lawson, American jazz singer and educator |
| 1940 | Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (d. 1990) |
| 1940 | John Stevens, English drummer (d. 1994) |
| 1940 | Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1940 | Ruby Puryear Hearn, African-American biophysicist |