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 | Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1950) |
| 1916 | Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (d. 1964) |
| 1916 | Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director (d. 1996) |
| 1916 | Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972) |
| 1916 | Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian |
| 1916 | Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Harold Robbins, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | John S. Wold, American geologist and politician (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Beverly Cleary, American author (d. 2021) |
| 1916 | Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978) |
| 1916 | Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (d. 2008) |