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 |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician |
| 1944 | Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1944 | Lew Soloff, American trumpet player, composer, and actor (d. 2015) |
| 1944 | Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic |
| 1944 | Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2003) |
| 1944 | Paul Madeley, English footballer (d. 2018) |
| 1944 | Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1944 | Ren Zhengfei, Chinese businessman |
| 1945 | David Purley, English race car driver (d. 1985) |
| 1944 | Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter |
| 1944 | Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize |
| 1944 | Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona |
| 1944 | Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991) |
| 1944 | Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (d. 2018) |
| 1944 | Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist |
| 1944 | François Migault, French race car driver (d. 2012) |
| 1944 | Jon Hiseman, English drummer (d. 2018) |
| 1944 | Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach |
| 1944 | Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012) |
| 1944 | Linda Kaye Henning, American actress |
| 1944 | Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist and academic |
| 1944 | Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live |
| 1944 | Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist |
| 1944 | Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician |
| 1944 | Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach |
| 1944 | Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1944 | Barry White, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) |
| 1945 | Martin Shaw, English actor and producer |
| 1944 | Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor |
| 1944 | Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (d. 2013) |