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 | T. Texas Tyler, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972) |
| 1916 | Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990) |
| 1917 | Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Dennis Poore, English racing driver and businessman (d. 1987) |
| 1916 | Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Irwin Allen, American director and producer (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | William Garnett, American landscape photographer (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1965) |
| 1916 | Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | John Heyer, Australian director and producer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990) |