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 | John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010) |
| 1908 | Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982) |
| 1908 | Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player (d. 2001) |
| 1908 | Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Kurt Neumann, German director (d. 1958) |
| 1908 | Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (d. 1981) |
| 1908 | Thomas Shaw, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977) |
| 1908 | Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | Jenő Vincze, Hungarian footballer (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Paula Nenette Pepin, French composer, pianist and lyricist (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003) |
| 1908 | Ed Heinemann, American designer of military aircraft (d. 1991) |
| 1909 | Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor (d. 2000) |
| 1908 | Alistair Cooke, British-American journalist and author (d. 2004) |
| 1908 | Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1908 | Henri of Orléans, (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (d. 1939) |
| 1908 | Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998) |
| 1909 | Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963) |
| 1908 | Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (d. 1946) |
| 1908 | Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994) |
| 1909 | Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976) |
| 1908 | Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (d. 2008) |