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 | Pearl Hackney, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1916 | Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004) |
| 1916 | Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997) |
| 1916 | Richard Eastham, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (d. 1988) |
| 1916 | Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974) |
| 1917 | Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (d. 1966) |
| 1916 | James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (d. 2016) |
| 1916 | Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2020) |
| 1916 | Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1916 | Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (d. 1986) |
| 1917 | Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007) |
| 1916 | Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953) |
| 1916 | Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1916 | Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1916 | Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991) |