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 | Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1940 | Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge |
| 1940 | Danielle Collobert, French author, poet, and journalist (d. 1978) |
| 1940 | Roger Ailes, American businessman (d. 2017) |
| 1940 | Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon |
| 1940 | Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2018) |
| 1940 | Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000) |
| 1940 | James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Barry Sadler, American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1940 | Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet |
| 1940 | Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach |
| 1940 | Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic |
| 1940 | Tom Butler, English bishop |
| 1940 | Tony Barber, English-Australian television host |
| 1940 | Gilbert Shelton, American illustrator |
| 1940 | Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1940 | Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor |
| 1940 | Joan Snyder, American painter |
| 1940 | Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer (d. 2020) |
| 1940 | Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1940 | Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (d. 2003) |
| 1940 | Jacques Brassard, Canadian educator and politician |
| 1941 | Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (d. 2010) |
| 1940 | Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (d. 2021) |
| 1940 | J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1940 | Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Sonny Rhodes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) |
| 1940 | Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician |