Born in 1938, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1938 is the Year of the Tiger and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1938 are Tigers. The Chinese Tiger year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 31 January 1938 and 18 February 1939 are considered born in the Chinese year 1938 and are a Tiger sign. In addition, each Tiger 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. 1938 is also known as the Year of the Earth Tiger. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1938 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Tiger?
Famous people from the Year of the Tiger and 1938
Famous People Born in the Year of the Tiger and Chinese Year 1938. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Tiger 1938. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020) |
| 1938 | Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1939 | Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996) |
| 1938 | Barry Newman, American actor |
| 1938 | Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1997) |
| 1938 | Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982) |
| 1938 | Elliott Gould, American actor and producer |
| 1938 | Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1938 | Terence Stamp, English actor |
| 1938 | Antje Gleichfeld, German runner |
| 1938 | Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989) |
| 1938 | Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic (d. 2010) |
| 1939 | Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador |
| 1938 | Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017) |
| 1938 | Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003) |
| 1938 | David Freiberg, American singer and bass player |
| 1938 | Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach |
| 1938 | Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author |
| 1938 | Liliane Ackermann, French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (d. 2007) |
| 1939 | Ralph Gibson, American photographer |
| 1938 | David Higgins, English composer and conductor (d. 2006) |
| 1938 | Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009) |
| 1939 | Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer |
| 1938 | Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1938 | Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player (d. 2021) |
| 1938 | Al Weis, American baseball player |
| 1938 | Angela Huth, English journalist and author |
| 1938 | McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (d. 2020) |
| 1938 | Janet Fish, American painter and academic |
| 1938 | John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel |