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 Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1916 George Sidney, American director and producer (d. 2002)
1916 Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985)
1916 Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998)
1917 Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
1916 Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1916 Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1916 Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010)
1916 Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1916 Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1916 Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014)
1916 Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014)
1916 Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)
1916 Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1916 Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
1916 Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002)
1916 Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014)
1916 Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1916 Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (d. 1997)
1916 Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (d. 1990)
1917 Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2006)
1916 Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009)
1916 Joseph Alioto, American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
1916 Emil Fackenheim, German Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi (d. 2003)
1917 Erling Persson, H&M founder (d. 2002)
1916 Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (d. 1989)
1916 Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)
1916 Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013)
1916 Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
1916 Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2013)