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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Dragon?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1950) |
| 1916 | Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (d. 1964) |
| 1916 | Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968) |
| 1916 | Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962) |
| 1916 | Albert Murray, American author and critic (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Beverly Cleary, American author (d. 2021) |
| 1916 | Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979) |