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 | Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (d. 1973) |
| 1917 | M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987) |
| 1916 | Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (d. 2019) |
| 1916 | Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | George Turner, Australian author and critic (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Mary Stewart, British author and poet (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962) |
| 1916 | Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (d. 1971) |
| 1916 | Tommy Bolt, American golfer (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Carl Burgos, American illustrator (d. 1984) |
| 1916 | Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Lindy Boggs, American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010) |