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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| 1923 | Forbes Burnham, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Guyana (d. 1985) |
| 1924 | Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1923 | Katherine Victor, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1923 | Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (d. 1996) |
| 1923 | Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (d. 1985) |
| 1923 | Mitsuye Yamada, Japanese American activist |
| 1923 | Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (d. 2001) |
| 1923 | Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (d. 2001) |
| 1923 | Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1923 | Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997) |
| 1923 | Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (d. 2019) |
| 1923 | Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1923 | G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Warren Barker, American composer (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990) |
| 1923 | Ned Wertimer, American actor (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 2021) |
| 1923 | Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1997) |
| 1923 | Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1923 | Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1924 | Marianne Werner, German shot putter |