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 |
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| 1956 | Shahla Sherkat, Iranian journalist and author |
| 1956 | Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach |
| 1956 | Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer |
| 1956 | Abdalla Uba Adamu, Nigerian professor, media scholar |
| 1956 | Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1980) |
| 1956 | Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1956 | Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1956 | Dana Delany, American actress and producer |
| 1956 | Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer |
| 1956 | Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina |
| 1956 | David Malpass, American economist and government official |
| 1956 | Ashoke Sen, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist |
| 1956 | Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002) |
| 1957 | Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1956 | Kathleen Beller, American actress |
| 1956 | Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer |
| 1956 | Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003) |
| 1956 | Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani agriculturist and politician, 25th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1956 | Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1956 | Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria |
| 1956 | W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation |
| 1956 | David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer |
| 1956 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004) |
| 1956 | Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales |
| 1956 | Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice |
| 1956 | Warren Cuccurullo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1956 | Martha Isabel Fandiño Pinilla, Colombian-Italian mathematician and author |
| 1956 | Aldo Nova, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician |
| 1956 | Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician |
| 1956 | Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach |