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 | Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970) |
| 1916 | Frank Hyde, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987) |
| 1916 | Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Lock Martin, American actor (d. 1959) |
| 1916 | Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Ken Wharton, English race car driver (d. 1957) |
| 1916 | Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (d. 2018) |
| 1916 | Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970) |
| 1916 | Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012) |