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 C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)
1916 Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)
1916 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916 Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010)
1916 Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002)
1916 Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1973)
1916 Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)
1916 Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
1916 Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1916 Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
1916 Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011)
1916 Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
1916 Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978)
1916 Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist (d. 1987)
1917 Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994)
1916 Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
1917 Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (d. 1966)
1917 Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
1916 Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (d. 2015)
1916 Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009)
1916 Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002)
1917 Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)
1916 Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916 Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013)
1916 Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986)
1916 William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010)
1916 Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)
1916 Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
1916 Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997)
1916 Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984)