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 | Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Michael Gwynn, English actor (d. 1976) |
| 1916 | Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1916 | Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2020)[21] |
| 1916 | Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (d. 1991) |
| 1916 | Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983) |
| 1916 | Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1916 | Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1916 | Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1973) |
| 1916 | Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (d. 2012) |
| 1916 | Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001) |
| 1916 | Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 1916 | Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986) |
| 1916 | Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (d. 1989) |
| 1916 | S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005) |
| 1916 | Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer (d. 2017) |
| 1916 | Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970) |
| 1916 | Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002) |
| 1916 | Tchan Fou-li, Chinese photographer (d. 2018) |