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) |