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 T. Texas Tyler, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
1916 Jerome Beatty Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2002)
1917 Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
1916 Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist (d. 2003)
1916 Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director (d. 1996)
1916 Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)
1916 Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop (d. 2013)
1916 Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (d. 2001)
1916 Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)
1916 Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
1916 Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011)
1916 Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter and police officer (d. 2002)
1916 Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
1916 Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
1916 Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1916 Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
1916 Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (d. 1972)
1916 Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2015)
1916 Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1916 Charles Kittel, American physicist (d. 2019)
1916 Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)
1916 Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011)
1916 Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)
1916 Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
1916 Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player (d. 2018)
1916 Jack Vance, American author (d. 2013)
1916 Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
1916 Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2020)
1917 Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007)