Born in 1956, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1956 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1956 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 12 February 1956 and 30 January 1957 are considered born in the Chinese year 1956 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. 1956 is also known as the Year of the Fire Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1956 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1956
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1956. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1956. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Reid Ribble, American politician |
| 1956 | Charly McClain, American country music singer |
| 1956 | John Adam, Australian rugby league player |
| 1957 | Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host |
| 1956 | Richard Kind, American actor |
| 1956 | Nathalie Roussel, French actress |
| 1957 | Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager |
| 1956 | Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright |
| 1956 | Sylvia, American country singer-songwriter |
| 1956 | Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player |
| 1956 | Doug Wimbish, American singer-songwriter and bass player |
| 1956 | Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1956 | Brett Cullen, American actor |
| 1956 | James Lofton, American football player and coach |
| 1956 | Richard H. Kirk, English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2021) |
| 1956 | Cherry Jones, American actress |
| 1956 | David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter |
| 1957 | John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer |
| 1956 | Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician |
| 1956 | Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host (d. 2021) |
| 1956 | Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria |
| 1956 | Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice |
| 1956 | Joan Allen, American actress |
| 1956 | Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer |
| 1956 | Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic |
| 1956 | Christopher Chessun, English Anglican bishop |
| 1956 | Peter Wilkinson, English admiral |
| 1956 | Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator |
| 1956 | Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American author and academic |
| 1956 | Paul Reiser, American actor and comedian |