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 | Leonard Levy, American historian and author (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Louis Lane, American conductor and educator (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Enzo Cozzolini, Italian football player (d. 1962) |
| 1923 | Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004) |
| 1923 | Jean Hagen, American actress (d. 1977) |
| 1923 | Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Harvey Shapiro, American poet (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986) |
| 1923 | Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 2021) |
| 1923 | Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1923 | Fred Hawkins, American golfer (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Dika Newlin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Gerald Götting, German politician (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995) |
| 1923 | Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979) |
| 1923 | Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and author (d. 2000) |
| 1923 | Masutatsu Ōyama, Japanese karateka (d. 1994) |
| 1923 | René Favaloro, Argentine surgeon and cardiologist (d. 2000) |
| 1923 | Dorothy Gilman, American author (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Robert V. Bruce, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1923 | Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986) |
| 1923 | Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014) |