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 | Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Beverly Cleary, American author (d. 2021) |
| 1916 | Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Bill Lee, American actor and singer (d. 1980) |
| 1916 | Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Lilian, Princess of Réthy (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Phyllis Fraser, Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1950) |
| 1916 | Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011) |