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 | 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) |