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 | Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (d. 1983) |
| 1916 | Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970) |
| 1916 | Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | James B. Donovan, American lawyer (d. 1970) |
| 1916 | Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (d. 1983) |
| 1916 | Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Charles Kittel, American physicist (d. 2019) |
| 1916 | Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970) |
| 1916 | Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (d. 2020) |