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 | Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Dennis Day, American singer and actor (d. 1988) |
| 1916 | Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Charles E. Osgood, American psychologist (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977) |
| 1916 | Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player (d. 2018) |
| 1916 | Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Carl Giles, English cartoonist (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Howard Finster, American minister and painter (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | John Kundla, American basketball player and coach (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994) |