According to Chinese Astrology, 1914 is the Year of the Tiger and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1914 are Tigers. The Chinese Tiger year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 26 January 1914 and 13 February 1915 are considered born in the Chinese year 1914 and are a Tiger sign. In addition, each Tiger 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. 1914 is also known as the Year of the Wood Tiger. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1914 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Tiger?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1915 | William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968) |
| 1914 | Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1914 | Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999) |
| 1914 | Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010) |
| 1914 | Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic (d. 1948) |
| 1914 | Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi (d. 2006) |
| 1914 | Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler (d. 1979) |
| 1914 | Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008) |
| 1914 | Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999) |
| 1914 | Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001) |
| 1914 | Thelma Kench, New Zealand Olympic sprinter (d. 1985) |
| 1914 | Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright (d. 1953) |
| 1915 | Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge (d. 1985) |
| 1914 | Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002) |
| 1914 | Justin Wilson, American chef and author (d. 2001) |
| 1914 | Daisy Bates, American activist who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957 (d. 1999) |
| 1914 | John Hersey, American journalist and author (d. 1993) |
| 1914 | Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1914 | Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author (d. 1950) |
| 1914 | Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (d. 2008) |
| 1914 | Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (d. 1957) |
| 1914 | Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author (d. 2001) |
| 1914 | Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958) |
| 1915 | Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar (d. 2002) |
| 1914 | Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988) |
| 1914 | Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997) |
| 1914 | Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1915 | Olivia Hooker, American sailor (d. 2018) |
| 1914 | Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1988) |