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 Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (d. 1990)
1916 Josef Traxel, German operatic tenor (d. 1975)
1916 Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford (d. 2001)
1916 Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
1916 Cathy Lewis, American actress (d. 1968)
1916 Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (d. 1964)
1916 C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (d. 1962)
1916 Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004)
1916 James B. Donovan, American lawyer (d. 1970)
1916 Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
1916 Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
1916 Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat (d. 2005)
1916 Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (d. 1999)
1916 Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)
1916 Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968)
1916 Paul Emery, English racing driver (d. 1993)
1916 Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)
1916 Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author (d. 2006)
1916 João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (d. 2016)
1916 Richard Eastham, American actor (d. 2005)
1916 David Brown, American journalist and producer (d. 2010)
1916 Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
1916 José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1916 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1916 Bill Lee, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
1916 Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
1916 Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
1916 Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer (d. 2010)