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 | Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | Jerry Barber, American golfer (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Frank Hyde, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Charles Kittel, American physicist (d. 2019) |
| 1916 | Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942) |
| 1916 | Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Michael Gwynn, English actor (d. 1976) |
| 1916 | Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (d. 1983) |
| 1916 | Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977) |
| 1916 | Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Wellington Mara, American businessman (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Bill Leonard, American journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Howard Finster, American minister and painter (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974) |