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 Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2015)
1916 Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942)
1916 Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990)
1916 Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
1916 Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984)
1916 Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916 Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1916 P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 2010)
1916 Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011)
1916 Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1916 A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 1981)
1916 Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
1917 Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004)
1916 Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990)
1916 Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture (d. 2003)
1916 Richard Eastham, American actor (d. 2005)
1916 Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (d. 1993)
1916 Irwin Allen, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1916 Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1950)
1916 Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005)
1916 Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1916 Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011)
1916 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
1916 Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1916 Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006)
1916 Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011)
1916 Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (d. 2020)
1916 Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer (d. 2017)
1916 Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)