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.

When is the Chinese Year of the Dragon?

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 Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (d. 1973)
1917 M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987)
1916 Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (d. 2019)
1916 Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
1916 Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002)
1916 Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001)
1916 George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997)
1916 Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (d. 1991)
1916 Mary Stewart, British author and poet (d. 2014)
1916 Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015)
1916 Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1916 Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor (d. 2020)
1916 Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1916 C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)
1916 Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1995)
1916 Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002)
1916 Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003)
1916 John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979)
1916 Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002)
1916 Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (d. 2014)
1916 Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (d. 1971)
1916 Tommy Bolt, American golfer (d. 2008)
1916 Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1917 K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)
1916 Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984)
1916 Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)
1916 Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (d. 2010)
1916 Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2003)
1916 Lindy Boggs, American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (d. 2013)
1916 Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010)