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 | 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) |