Born in 1914, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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.
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Famous people from the Year of the Tiger and 1914
Famous People Born in the Year of the Tiger and Chinese Year 1914. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Tiger 1914. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1914 | Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (d. 1982) |
| 1914 | Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (d. 1944) |
| 1914 | Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1915 | Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (d. 1955) |
| 1914 | Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (d. 2013) |
| 1914 | Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (d. 2004) |
| 1914 | O. Winston Link, American photographer (d. 2001) |
| 1914 | Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969) |
| 1915 | Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1914 | Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) |
| 1914 | Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (d. 1970) |
| 1914 | Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor, and architect (d. 2000) |
| 1914 | Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1914 | Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999) |
| 1914 | Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (d. 1994) |
| 1914 | Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1915 | Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer (d. 2004) |
| 1914 | Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1997) |
| 1914 | Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987) |
| 1914 | José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941) |
| 1914 | Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001) |
| 1914 | Felice Borel, Italian footballer (d. 1993) |
| 1914 | George Davis, American art director (d. 1984) |
| 1914 | Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994) |
| 1914 | Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999) |
| 1914 | Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1996) |
| 1914 | Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (d. 1992) |
| 1914 | Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (d. 1990) |