Born in 1944, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1944 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1944 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 25 January 1944 and 12 February 1945 are considered born in the Chinese year 1944 and are a Monkey sign. In addition, each Monkey 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. 1944 is also known as the Year of the Wood Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1944 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1944
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1944. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1944. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1944 | Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (d. 1983) |
| 1944 | Bev Bevan, English drummer |
| 1944 | Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter |
| 1944 | Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player (d. 2016) |
| 1944 | Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer |
| 1944 | Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director (d. 2021) |
| 1944 | Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (d. 2012) |
| 1944 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg, German shot putter |
| 1944 | Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (d. 1973) |
| 1945 | David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster |
| 1944 | Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge |
| 1944 | David Kelly, Welsh scientist (d. 2003) |
| 1944 | Emanuel Steward, American boxer and trainer (d. 2012) |
| 1945 | Joseph Kosuth, American sculptor and theorist |
| 1944 | Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian |
| 1944 | Robert L. Crawford Jr., American actor |
| 1945 | Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower |
| 1944 | Tom Seaver, American baseball pitcher (d. 2020) |
| 1944 | Charlie Harper, English singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1944 | Simon Taylor, English journalist and author |
| 1944 | Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania |
| 1944 | Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor and illustrator |
| 1944 | George McCrae, American singer |
| 1944 | James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant |
| 1944 | Denis Thwaites, English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks (d. 2015) |
| 1944 | Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor |
| 1944 | Wayne Maki, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974) |
| 1944 | Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer |
| 1944 | Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman |
| 1944 | Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012) |