Born in 1944, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1944 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1944 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 25 January 1944 and 12 February 1945 are considered born in the Chinese year 1944 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. 1944 is also known as the Year of the Wood Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1944 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1944
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1944. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1944. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator |
| 1944 | Danny Trejo, American actor |
| 1944 | Russi Taylor, American voice actress (d. 2019) |
| 1944 | T. G. Sheppard, American country music singer-songwriter |
| 1944 | Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 1944 | John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1944 | Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer |
| 1945 | Christoph Schönborn, Austrian cardinal |
| 1945 | Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and screenwriter |
| 1944 | Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist |
| 1944 | Mike Post, American composer and producer |
| 1944 | Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1944 | Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician |
| 1944 | Andres Vooremaa, Estonian chess player |
| 1944 | Robert de Cotret, Canadian economist and politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1999) |
| 1944 | Denis Thwaites, English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks (d. 2015) |
| 1944 | Carol Barnes, English journalist (d. 2008) |
| 1944 | Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (d. 1999) |
| 1944 | Rocky Johnson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2020) |
| 1944 | Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter |
| 1944 | Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager |
| 1944 | Walker Boone, Canadian actor (d. 2021)[12] |
| 1944 | Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1944 | Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 2015) |
| 1944 | Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter |
| 1944 | Angharad Rees, English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer (d. 2012) |
| 1945 | Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (d. 2022) |
| 1944 | Barry Elliott, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2018) |
| 1945 | Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Secretary of State for Canada |
| 1944 | Eric Freeman, Australian cricketer |