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 S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)
1916 Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
1916 Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1916 Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005)
1916 Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
1916 Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
1916 Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer (d. 2012)
1916 C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)
1916 Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (d. 2004)
1916 Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford (d. 2001)
1916 James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1916 Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1916 Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1916 Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author (d. 1987)
1916 Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler (d. 2010)
1917 K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)
1916 Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
1916 Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2008)
1916 Colin McCool, Australian cricketer (d. 1986)
1916 Emil Fackenheim, German Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi (d. 2003)
1916 Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999)
1916 Michael Gwynn, English actor (d. 1976)
1916 Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)
1916 Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
1916 Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
1917 Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
1917 Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007)
1916 Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (d. 2013)
1916 Lívia Rév, Hungarian classical pianist (d. 2018)