Born in 1940, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1940 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1940 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1940 and 26 January 1941 are considered born in the Chinese year 1940 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon 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. 1940 is also known as the Year of the Metal Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1940 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1940
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1940. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1940. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Marshall Berman, American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | Sonny Rhodes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) |
| 1940 | Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician |
| 1940 | Constantine II of Greece |
| 1940 | Hans-Joachim Reske, German sprinter |
| 1940 | Keith Rowe, English guitarist |
| 1941 | Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor |
| 1940 | Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1940 | Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager |
| 1940 | David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1940 | Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1940 | Siti Norma Yaakob, Malaysian lawyer and judge[32] |
| 1940 | Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire |
| 1940 | Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (d. 1998) |
| 1940 | Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1940 | Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor |
| 1940 | Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1940 | Chris Cord, American racing driver |
| 1940 | Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer |
| 1940 | Roger Pingeon, French cyclist (d. 2017) |
| 1940 | Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, Northern Irish-British academic and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 2019) |
| 1940 | Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982) |
| 1940 | Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and convicted murderer (d. 1990) |
| 1940 | Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (d. 2007) |
| 1940 | Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1940 | Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012) |
| 1940 | Cliff Watson, English rugby league player (d. 2018) |
| 1940 | Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (d. 2021) |