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 | C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1916 | Antoni Bazaniak, Polish sprint canoeist (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | José López Rega, Argentinean politician (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (d. 1984) |
| 1916 | Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1965) |
| 1916 | James B. Donovan, American lawyer (d. 1970) |
| 1916 | Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (d. 1987) |
| 1916 | Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942) |
| 1916 | Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (d. 1999) |