Born in 1940, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1940 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1940 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1940 and 26 January 1941 are considered born in the Chinese year 1940 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. 1940 is also known as the Year of the Metal Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1940 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1940
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1940. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1940. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | James Gammon, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Ted Koppel, English-American journalist |
| 1941 | Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1940 | René Auberjonois, American actor (d. 2019) |
| 1940 | Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (d. 2009) |
| 1940 | Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politician |
| 1940 | Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019) |
| 1940 | Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (d. 2007) |
| 1940 | Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1940 | Peter Gethin, English racing driver (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Maxine Hong Kingston, American author and academic |
| 1940 | Sam Waterston, American actor |
| 1940 | George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (d. 2009) |
| 1941 | Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee (d. 2020) |
| 1940 | Gary Gruber, author and expert on test-prep (d. 2019) |
| 1940 | Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014) |
| 1940 | Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League |
| 1940 | Peter Gregg, American race car driver and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1941 | Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (d. 1986) |
| 1940 | John Lewis, American activist and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1940 | Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (d. 2014) |
| 1940 | Michael Cockerell, English journalist |
| 1940 | Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972) |
| 1940 | Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire |
| 1940 | Sanjaya Lall, Indian economist and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1940 | Robert Winston, English surgeon, academic, and politician |
| 1940 | Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer |
| 1940 | Janet Lawson, American jazz singer and educator |