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 |
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| 1944 | Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006) |
| 1944 | Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic |
| 1944 | Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach |
| 1944 | Angélica María, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1945 | Christoph Schönborn, Austrian cardinal |
| 1944 | Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster |
| 1944 | Christopher Gunning, English composer |
| 1944 | Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer |
| 1944 | Bernard Hill, English actor |
| 1944 | Mary Archer, English chemist and academic |
| 1944 | Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner |
| 1944 | Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (d. 2013) |
| 1944 | Russi Taylor, American voice actress (d. 2019) |
| 1944 | Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist and academic |
| 1944 | Carolyn Franklin, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1988) |
| 1944 | Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1944 | Fred Housego, Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host |
| 1944 | John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1944 | Craig T. Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1944 | Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden |
| 1944 | David Mancuso, American party planner, created The Loft (d. 2016) |
| 1944 | David Lindley, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1944 | Al Michaels, American sportscaster |
| 1945 | Nancy Bond, American author and academic |
| 1944 | Robert Mueller, American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 1944 | Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic (d. 2021) |
| 1944 | Paula Danziger, American author (d. 2004) |
| 1944 | Andrew Longmore, British lawyer and judge |
| 1944 | Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1944 | Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |