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 | Richard Thompson, English physician and academic |
| 1940 | Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, who wrote Women and Madness (1972) |
| 1940 | Souleymane Cissé, Malian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1941 | Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1940 | Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1940 | Jerry Lucas, American basketball player and educator |
| 1940 | Esther Rantzen, English journalist |
| 1940 | Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Adam Faith, English singer (d. 2003) |
| 1941 | Eugene Hasenfus, former United States Marine whose capture led to exposure of the Iran–Contra affair |
| 1940 | Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1940 | David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Frank Duffy, English architect |
| 1940 | Yves Navarre, French author (d. 1994) |
| 1940 | Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Luke Kelly, Irish singer, folk musician and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1941 | Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder |
| 1940 | Wendy Doniger, American indologist |
| 1940 | Mike Beuttler, Egyptian-English racing driver (d. 1988) |
| 1940 | Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (d. 1986) |
| 1940 | Perrie Mans, South African snooker player |
| 1940 | David Plante, American novelist |
| 1940 | Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic |
| 1940 | Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer |
| 1940 | Maxine Hong Kingston, American author and academic |
| 1940 | Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (d. 2007) |
| 1940 | Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (d. 2019) |
| 1940 | Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2015) |