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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Dragon?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968) |
| 1916 | Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942) |
| 1916 | T. Texas Tyler, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972) |
| 1916 | Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Iosif Shklovsky, Ukrainian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985) |
| 1916 | Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972) |
| 1916 | Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (d. 1981) |
| 1916 | Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (d. 1988) |
| 1916 | Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (d. 1966) |