Born in 1923, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1923 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1923 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 16 February 1923 and 4 February 1924 are considered born in the Chinese year 1923 and are a Pig sign. In addition, each Pig 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. 1923 is also known as the Year of the Water Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1923 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1923
Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1923. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1923. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1924 | Kim Dae-jung, South Korean soldier and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (d. 1997) |
| 1923 | Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969) |
| 1923 | Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2021) |
| 1923 | Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1968) |
| 1923 | Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, author, and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1923 | Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and author (d. 2000) |
| 1923 | Ed Cassidy, American jazz and rock drummer (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Sid Tickridge, English footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Husein Mehmedov, Bulgarian-Turkish wrestler and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author (d. 2020) |
| 1923 | J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Doris Johnson, American politician |
| 1923 | Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist (d. 2020) |
| 1923 | Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Pete Candoli, American trumpet player (d. 2008) |
| 1923 | Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole chief (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Claudio Matteini, Italian football player (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | David Hamer, Australian captain and politician (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1923 | Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Gloria Oden, American poet and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Alice Gibson, Belizean chief librarian and educator |
| 1923 | Gerald Götting, German politician (d. 2015) |