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 | Howard Finster, American minister and painter (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972) |
| 1916 | Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Charles Kittel, American physicist (d. 2019) |
| 1916 | Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (d. 2019) |
| 1916 | Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988) |
| 1916 | Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1965) |