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 |
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| 1908 | Nestor Mesta Chayres, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971) |
| 1908 | Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970) |
| 1908 | William Frankena, American philosopher and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Celia Johnson, English actress (d. 1982) |
| 1908 | Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter (d. 2019) |
| 1908 | Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (d. 1958) |
| 1908 | Philip Conrad Vincent, English engineer and businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles (d. 1979) |
| 1908 | Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (d. 2006) |
| 1908 | William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 1981) |
| 1908 | Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 1987) |
| 1908 | Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (d. 1979) |
| 1908 | Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978) |
| 1908 | Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (d. 1969) |
| 1908 | Gene Raymond, American actor and pilot (d. 1998) |
| 1908 | Ida Pollock, English author and painter (d. 2013) |
| 1908 | Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Daniel Fry, American contactee (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2005) |
| 1908 | Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian and activist (d. 1995) |
| 1908 | Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian academic and politician (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1908 | Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977) |
| 1908 | Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2006) |