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 |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (d. 1964) |
| 1916 | Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2020)[21] |
| 1916 | Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | José López Rega, Argentinean politician (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (d. 2018) |
| 1916 | Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1978) |
| 1916 | Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (d. 1971) |
| 1916 | Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Joseph Alioto, American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian |
| 1916 | John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Morris West, Australian author and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010) |