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Foreign celebrities born in the years of the Monkey

As another year of the Monkey is coming, let's see some foreign figures born in the years of the Monkey.


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According to Chinese traditional culture, everybody has his or her Animal Sign which is matched with the year of birth in Chinese lunar calendar. Although Animal Sign is not exclusive in China, the influence of Chinese Zodiac culture has been recognized worldwide. With more and more cultural exchanges, Chinese Zodiac has been known to the people all over the world. As another year of the Monkey is coming, let's see some foreign figures born in the years of the Monkey.





The photo shows French President Jacques Chirac meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder in Paris on December 9, 2003. The two leaders agreed with each other on many important international issues in 2003. If you ask in what other way the two are the same, the answer is they were both born in the years of the Monkey. Chirac was born on November 29, 1932, while Schroder on April 7, 1944, a 12-year cycle later than the former.




US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld at a press conference in Brussels, capital of Belgium on December 1, 2003. Iraq War in 2003 put Rumsfled into the limelight on the international political stage. Born on July 9, 1932, Rumsfeld is one of the monkey people according to Chinese lunar calendar.




"Father of the euro" Roberta Mundell giving a lecture at the Centre For European Policy Studies (CEPS) on November 13, 2001. Mundell was born on October 24, 1932,the Renshen Year, another year of the monkey.




This is a photo of Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, Trinidad-born British writer with Indian origin taken in 2001. Born on August 17, 1932, Naipaul was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. Like China, India also has the tradition of symbolic animals which denote the year of people's birth. Naipaul's Animal Sign is monkey according to Chinese zodiac culture.




Canadian singer Celine Dion at the publication ceremony of an album. Born on March 30, 1968, Celione Dion's birthday is also in the year of the monkey.




US movie star Tom Hanks in the movie "Cast Away." Tom Hanks was born on July 9, 1656, another year of the monkey.


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