Born in 1916, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1916 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1916 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 3 February 1916 and 22 January 1917 are considered born in the Chinese year 1916 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon 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. 1916 is also known as the Year of the Fire Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1916 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1916
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1916. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1916. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1916 | C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956) |
| 1916 | Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978) |
| 1916 | Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (d. 1966) |
| 1917 | Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984) |