Born in 1928, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1928 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1928 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 23 January 1928 and 9 February 1929 are considered born in the Chinese year 1928 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. 1928 is also known as the Year of the Earth Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1928 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1928
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1928. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1928. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1928 | Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer (d. 1997) |
| 1928 | Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010) |
| 1928 | John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020) |
| 1929 | Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1986) |
| 1928 | Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989) |
| 1928 | Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996) |
| 1928 | Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (d. 2011) |
| 1928 | Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (d. 1988) |
| 1928 | Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) |
| 1928 | Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, tenth Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2020) |
| 1928 | James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (d. 2020) |
| 1928 | Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (d. 2016) |
| 1928 | Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician 68th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan (d. 2014) |
| 1928 | Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1928 | Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1928 | James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1928 | Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1928 | Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer |
| 1928 | Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (d. 1990) |
| 1928 | Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (d. 1995) |
| 1928 | Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (d. 2014) |
| 1928 | Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975) |
| 1928 | Hans Modrow, Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany |
| 1928 | Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1928 | Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006) |
| 1929 | Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996) |
| 1928 | Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011) |
| 1928 | Patricia Wald, American judge (d. 2019) |
| 1928 | Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (d. 2010) |
| 1928 | Samuel John Hazo, American author |