Born in 1908, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1908 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1908 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 2 February 1908 and 21 January 1909 are considered born in the Chinese year 1908 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. 1908 is also known as the Year of the Earth Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1908 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1908
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1908. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1908. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1908 | Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979) |
| 1908 | Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (d. 1969) |
| 1909 | Clement Greenberg, American art critic (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986) |
| 1908 | Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972) |
| 1908 | Alvar Lidell, English journalist (d. 1981) |
| 1908 | Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1908 | John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987) |
| 1908 | Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) |
| 1908 | René Daumal, French author and poet (d. 1944) |
| 1908 | Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Gertrude Bancroft, American economist (d. 1985)[19] |
| 1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956) |
| 1908 | William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Mary Locke Petermann, cellular biochemist (d. 1975)[72] |
| 1908 | Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934) |
| 1909 | Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1909 | Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1908 | Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (d. 1979) |
| 1908 | Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1909 | Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer (d. 1970) |