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 | Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer |
| 1940 | Bob Mackie, American fashion designer |
| 1940 | Bill Kurtis, American journalist and producer |
| 1940 | Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1940 | Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (d. 2017) |
| 1940 | Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1940 | Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician |
| 1941 | Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005) |
| 1940 | Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician |
| 1940 | Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant |
| 1940 | Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti |
| 1940 | Chuck Rainey, American bassist |
| 1940 | Louise Sorel, American actress |
| 1941 | João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1940 | John McCririck, English journalist (d. 2019) |
| 1940 | Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German scholar and judge |
| 1940 | Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster |
| 1940 | Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer |
| 1940 | Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author (d. 2013) |
| 1940 | Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician |
| 1940 | Linda Keen, American mathematician and academic |
| 1940 | Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic |
| 1940 | Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976) |
| 1940 | Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2020) |
| 1940 | Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant |
| 1940 | Lance Alworth, American football player |
| 1940 | Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach |
| 1940 | Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish painter and musician (d. 1962) |
| 1940 | Bruce Chatwin, English author (d. 1989) |
| 1940 | Marshall Berman, American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (d. 2013) |