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 |
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| 1916 | Lock Martin, American actor (d. 1959) |
| 1916 | Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Paul Emery, English racing driver (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | David White, American actor (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Albert Murray, American author and critic (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Erling Persson, H&M founder (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942) |
| 1916 | Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman (d. 2008) |