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 | Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (d. 1988) |
| 1916 | Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990) |
| 1916 | Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982) |
| 1916 | Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Richard Eastham, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (d. 1987) |
| 1916 | Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978) |
| 1916 | Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999) |
| 1916 | Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979) |
| 1916 | Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (d. 1983) |
| 1916 | Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (d. 1966) |
| 1916 | Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (d. 2013) |
| 1916 | Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Chick Hearn, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (d. 2018) |