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 | Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989) |
| 1908 | Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980) |
| 1908 | Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (d. 2007) |
| 1908 | Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress (d. 1990) |
| 1909 | Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985) |
| 1908 | Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 1944) |
| 1908 | M. F. K. Fisher, American author (d. 1992) |
| 1908 | Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934) |
| 1908 | Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1981) |
| 1908 | Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999) |
| 1908 | Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973) |
| 1908 | Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974) |
| 1908 | Inga Gentzel, Swedish runner (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | John Gould, American journalist and author (d. 2003) |
| 1908 | Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (d. 1990) |
| 1908 | Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009) |
| 1908 | Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988) |
| 1908 | Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1908 | Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994) |
| 1908 | Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1991) |
| 1908 | Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1909 | Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959) |
| 1908 | Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996) |
| 1908 | Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996) |