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 |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Antoni Bazaniak, Polish sprint canoeist (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Russell Garcia, American-New Zealander composer and conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945) |
| 1916 | Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (d. 1972) |
| 1916 | George Sidney, American director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990) |
| 1917 | K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1916 | Win Maung, 3rd President of Union of Myanmar (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979) |