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 | Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) |
| 1914 | Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist, scholar, and activist (d. 1999) |
| 1914 | Bill Downs, American journalist (d. 1978) |
| 1914 | Aribert Heim, Austrian SS physician and Nazi war criminal (d. 1992) |
| 1914 | Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010) |
| 1914 | Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (d. 2003) |
| 1914 | Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar (d. 1988) |
| 1914 | Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2000) |
| 1914 | William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012) |
| 1914 | Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1914 | Johnnie Wright, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) |
| 1914 | Rempo Urip, Indonesian film director (d. 2001) |
| 1914 | Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993) |
| 1914 | Woody Strode, American football player and actor (d. 1994) |
| 1914 | Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (d. 2008) |
| 1914 | Ray Smith, English cricketer (d. 1996) |
| 1914 | Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981) |
| 1914 | Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992) |
| 1914 | Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974) |
| 1914 | Annie Fischer, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1995) |
| 1914 | Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (d. 1994) |
| 1914 | Dagmar Lange, Swedish author (d. 1991) |
| 1914 | Irving Fine, American composer and academic (d. 1962) |
| 1914 | Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993) |
| 1914 | Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 1973) |
| 1915 | Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006) |
| 1914 | Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2003) |
| 1914 | Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator (d. 2016) |
| 1914 | Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000) |