Born in 1923, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1923 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1923 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 16 February 1923 and 4 February 1924 are considered born in the Chinese year 1923 and are a Pig sign. In addition, each Pig 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. 1923 is also known as the Year of the Water Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1923 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1923
Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1923. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1923. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1923 | Gloria Whelan, American author and poet |
| 1923 | Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Fred Hawkins, American golfer (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986) |
| 1923 | Claudio Matteini, Italian football player (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985) |
| 1923 | Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Francis Graham-Smith, English astronomer and academic |
| 1924 | Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1923 | Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (d. 1966) |
| 1923 | Dorothy Hewett, Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 1923 | René Thom, French mathematician, biologist, and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996) |
| 1923 | Edith Fellows, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (d. 1993) |
| 1923 | Vernon Biever, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, author, and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1923 | John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Benito Jacovitti, Italian illustrator (d. 1997) |
| 1923 | Mary Francis Shura, American author (d. 1991) |
| 1923 | Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian communist and Partisan (d. 1945) |
| 1923 | Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010) |