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 | Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961) |
| 1916 | W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (d. 1984) |
| 1916 | Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Wellington Mara, American businessman (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Lívia Rév, Hungarian classical pianist (d. 2018) |
| 1916 | Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942) |
| 1916 | John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972) |
| 1916 | Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984) |
| 1916 | Richard Eastham, American actor (d. 2005) |