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 Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986)
1916 Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013)
1916 Beverly Cleary, American author (d. 2021)
1916 John Kundla, American basketball player and coach (d. 2017)
1916 Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer (d. 2000)
1916 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
1916 Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020)
1916 Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015)
1916 Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (d. 1985)
1917 Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994)
1916 Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000)
1916 Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
1916 Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2013)
1916 Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011)
1916 William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010)
1916 Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1916 Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic (d. 2007)
1916 Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic (d. 2010)
1916 S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)
1916 George Sidney, American director and producer (d. 2002)
1916 Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
1916 Morris West, Australian author and playwright (d. 1999)
1916 Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014)
1916 João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (d. 2016)
1916 Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist (d. 2003)
1916 David Brown, American journalist and producer (d. 2010)
1916 Iosif Shklovsky, Ukrainian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985)
1916 Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1916 Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1916 Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (d. 1990)