According to Chinese Astrology, 1922 is the Year of the Dog and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1922 are Dogs. The Chinese Dog year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 28 January 1922 and 15 February 1923 are considered born in the Chinese year 1922 and are a Dog sign. In addition, each Dog 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. 1922 is also known as the Year of the Water Dog. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1922 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Dog?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Jane White, American actress and singer (d. 2011) |
| 1922 | Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1922 | William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998) |
| 1922 | Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1923 | Sam Phillips, American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records (d. 2003) |
| 1922 | Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1922 | Marilyn P. Johnson, American educator and diplomat, 8th United States Ambassador to Togo |
| 1922 | Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (d. 2006) |
| 1922 | Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1922 | Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003) |
| 1922 | John Braine, English librarian and author (d. 1986) |
| 1922 | William Demby, American author (d. 2013) |
| 1922 | Leslie Brooks, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1922 | Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter (d. 2020) |
| 1922 | Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author (d. 1992) |
| 1922 | Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2017) |
| 1922 | Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008) |
| 1922 | Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (d. 2008) |
| 1922 | Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1998) |
| 1922 | J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1922 | John B. Anderson, Swedish-American lawyer and politician (d. 2017) |
| 1922 | Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950) |
| 1922 | Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1922 | Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (d. 2004) |
| 1922 | Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1922 | Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (d. 2002) |
| 1922 | Andy Phillip, American basketball player and coach (d. 2001) |
| 1922 | Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (d. 2006) |
| 1922 | Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2018) |
| 1923 | Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (d. 2016) |