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 | Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 1923 | Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Gerard Reve, Dutch-Belgian author and poet (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1954) |
| 1923 | Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic (d. 2018) |
| 1923 | Walter Kohn, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Édouard Boubat, French photographer and journalist (d. 1999) |
| 1923 | Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1923 | George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (b. 2008) |
| 1924 | Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (d. 2005) |
| 1923 | Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (d. 1994) |
| 1923 | Robert V. Bruce, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1923 | Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 2021) |
| 1923 | Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician (d. 1977) |
| 1923 | William Windom, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Liviu Ciulei, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Vic Seixas, American tennis player |
| 1923 | Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018) |
| 1923 | Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist |
| 1923 | Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015) |