Born in 1956, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1956 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1956 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 12 February 1956 and 30 January 1957 are considered born in the Chinese year 1956 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. 1956 is also known as the Year of the Fire Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1956 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Monkey and 1956
Famous People Born in the Year of the Monkey and Chinese Year 1956. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey 1956. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1956 | Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross country skier |
| 1957 | Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician |
| 1956 | Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1956 | Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor and producer |
| 1956 | Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform |
| 1956 | Guy Chadwick, German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1956 | Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 2003) |
| 1956 | Nathalie Roussel, French actress |
| 1956 | Anil Kapoor, Indian actor and producer |
| 1956 | Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player |
| 1956 | Richard Kind, American actor |
| 1956 | Nikolai Tsonev, Bulgarian politician |
| 1957 | Lorrie Moore, American short story writer |
| 1956 | Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (d. 1987) |
| 1957 | Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2022) |
| 1956 | Freddie Jackson, American soul singer |
| 1957 | Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer |
| 1956 | Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician |
| 1956 | David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer |
| 1956 | Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player |
| 1956 | Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach |
| 1956 | Shane McEntee, Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 2012) |
| 1956 | Dick Beardsley, American runner |
| 1956 | Lutz Haueisen, German cyclist |
| 1956 | Lee Scott, English politician |
| 1956 | Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (d. 1999) |
| 1956 | Indu Malhotra, Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| 1956 | R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian |
| 1956 | Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1956 | Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group |