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 |
|---|---|
| 1914 | Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008) |
| 1914 | Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (d. 1970) |
| 1914 | Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (d. 2012) |
| 1914 | Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001) |
| 1914 | Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1914 | Bill Erwin, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1914 | Thomas Pearson, British Army officer (d. 2019) |
| 1914 | Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic (d. 1948) |
| 1914 | Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995) |
| 1914 | Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (d. 1982) |
| 1914 | Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1914 | Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2003) |
| 1914 | Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934) |
| 1914 | John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991) |
| 1914 | Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008) |
| 1914 | Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany (d. 1999) |
| 1914 | Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969) |
| 1914 | Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979) |
| 1915 | Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006) |
| 1914 | Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008) |
| 1914 | Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (d. 1968) |
| 1914 | Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat, film director, aviator (d. 1980) |
| 1914 | Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Turkish archaeologist and academic |
| 1914 | Mary Logan Reddick, American neuroembryologist (d. 1966) |
| 1914 | Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet (d. 2018)) |
| 1915 | Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997) |
| 1914 | Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1914 | Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (d. 1944) |