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 Jerry Barber, American golfer (d. 1994)
1916 William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
1916 Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)
1916 W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013)
1917 Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994)
1917 Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
1916 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)
1916 Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988)
1916 Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
1916 Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (d. 2006)
1916 Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005)
1917 Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004)
1916 Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor (d. 2020)
1916 Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1916 Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012)
1916 Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright (d. 1998)
1916 Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1916 Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
1916 Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012)
1916 Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
1916 Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985)
1916 C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)
1916 Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer (d. 1943)
1916 Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (d. 1990)
1916 Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1916 Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991)
1916 Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler (d. 2010)
1916 Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (d. 1988)
1916 Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (d. 1994)
1916 Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970)