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 | Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | George Sidney, American director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985) |
| 1916 | Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (d. 1990) |
| 1917 | Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Joseph Alioto, American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Emil Fackenheim, German Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Erling Persson, H&M founder (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943) |
| 1916 | Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2013) |