According to Chinese Astrology, 1988 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1988 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 17 February 1988 and 5 February 1989 are considered born in the Chinese year 1988 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. 1988 is also known as the Year of the Earth Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1988 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Dragon?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Jermaine Gresham, American football player |
| 1988 | Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer |
| 1988 | Massimo Coda, Italian footballer |
| 1988 | Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer |
| 1988 | LeSean McCoy, American football player |
| 1988 | Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer |
| 1988 | Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer |
| 1988 | Brandon Workman, American baseball player |
| 1988 | Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer |
| 1988 | Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer |
| 1988 | Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010) |
| 1988 | Matthias Jaissle, German footballer and manager |
| 1988 | James Troisi, Australian footballer |
| 1988 | Calum Scott, British singer |
| 1988 | Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer |
| 1988 | Zack Smith, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1988 | Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer |
| 1988 | Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer |
| 1988 | Nate Ebner, American football player |
| 1988 | Peter Hartley, English footballer |
| 1988 | Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player |
| 1988 | Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress |
| 1989 | Zhang Shuai, Chinese tennis player |
| 1988 | Thomas De Corte, Belgian footballer |
| 1988 | Kenny Britt, American football player |
| 1988 | Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player |
| 1988 | Fraser Forster, English footballer |
| 1988 | Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer |
| 1989 | Michael Pineda, Dominican baseball player |
| 1988 | Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player |