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 | Mary Locke Petermann, cellular biochemist (d. 1975)[72] |
| 1909 | Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (d. 2007) |
| 1908 | Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1977) |
| 1908 | Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Polly Ann Young, American actress (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Gotthard Handrick, German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (d. 1978) |
| 1908 | V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter (d. 2019) |
| 1908 | Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977) |
| 1908 | Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (d. 1982) |
| 1909 | Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942) |
| 1909 | Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980) |
| 1909 | Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Julian Bell, English poet and academic (d. 1937) |
| 1908 | František Douda, Czech shot putter (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (d. 1963) |
| 1908 | Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984) |
| 1908 | Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian and activist (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Ernest L. Massad, American general (d. 1993) |