Born in 1944, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1944 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1944 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 25 January 1944 and 12 February 1945 are considered born in the Chinese year 1944 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. 1944 is also known as the Year of the Wood Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1944 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1944
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1944. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1944. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Lynda Day George, American actress |
| 1944 | Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time |
| 1945 | John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic |
| 1944 | Lennart Svedberg, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1972). |
| 1944 | Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer |
| 1944 | Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003) |
| 1944 | Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician |
| 1944 | Janet Simpson, English sprinter (d. 2010) |
| 1944 | Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter |
| 1945 | Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and former fashion model |
| 1944 | Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2008) |
| 1944 | Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1944 | Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter |
| 1944 | Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (d. 2007) |
| 1944 | Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress |
| 1945 | Barry John, Welsh rugby player |
| 1944 | Gennady Zyuganov, Russian politician |
| 1945 | David D. Friedman, American economist, physicist, and scholar |
| 1944 | Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer |
| 1944 | Coluche, French comedian and actor (d. 1986) |
| 1944 | Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player |
| 1944 | Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (d. 2009) |
| 1944 | George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm |
| 1944 | Ren Zhengfei, Chinese businessman |
| 1944 | Tony Jacklin, English golfer and sportscaster |
| 1944 | Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2005) |
| 1944 | Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian |
| 1944 | Randy Johnson, American football player (d. 2009) |
| 1944 | Anand Satyanand, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand |
| 1944 | Peter Barfuß, German footballer |