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 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)