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 | Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Charles Kittel, American physicist (d. 2019) |
| 1916 | Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953) |
| 1916 | Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Dennis Poore, English racing driver and businessman (d. 1987) |
| 1916 | Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015) |
| 1916 | Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977) |
| 1916 | John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1916 | Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (d. 1988) |
| 1916 | Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture (d. 2003) |