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 |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Clement Greenberg, American art critic (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964) |
| 1908 | Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (d. 2004) |
| 1908 | Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009) |
| 1908 | Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957) |
| 1908 | Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) |
| 1909 | Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008) |
| 1908 | Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (d. 1979) |
| 1908 | Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979) |
| 1908 | John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981) |
| 1908 | Van Heflin, American film actor (d. 1971) |
| 1908 | Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | M. F. K. Fisher, American author (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1977) |
| 1908 | Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986) |
| 1908 | Peter Smith, English cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1908 | Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Lou Kenton, English social activist (d. 2012) |
| 1908 | Ed Heinemann, American designer of military aircraft (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974) |
| 1908 | Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994) |