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 | Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971) |
| 1908 | Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004) |
| 1908 | Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author (d. 1993) |
| 1908 | Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (d. 1932) |
| 1908 | Mary Locke Petermann, cellular biochemist (d. 1975)[72] |
| 1908 | Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977) |
| 1909 | Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2010) |
| 1908 | Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976) |
| 1908 | Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957) |
| 1908 | Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009) |
| 1908 | Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1908 | Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (d. 2009) |
| 1908 | Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player (d. 1942) |
| 1909 | Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer (d. 1975) |
| 1908 | Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1908 | Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author (d. 1950) |
| 1908 | U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (d. 1963) |