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 | Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953) |
| 1916 | Emil Fackenheim, German Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Charles E. Osgood, American psychologist (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (d. 1996) |
| 1916 | Donald T. Campbell, American social scientist (d. 1996) |
| 1916 | Jack Vance, American author (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Tchan Fou-li, Chinese photographer (d. 2018) |
| 1916 | Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014) |
| 1916 | Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Bill Lee, American actor and singer (d. 1980) |
| 1916 | Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1916 | Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961) |
| 1916 | Lindy Boggs, American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978) |
| 1916 | Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (d. 1993) |
| 1916 | Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Charles Kittel, American physicist (d. 2019) |