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 | Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979) |
| 1924 | Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | Donald Sinden, English actor (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 1997) |
| 1923 | Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004) |
| 1923 | Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004) |
| 1923 | Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (d. 1944) |
| 1923 | Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1923 | Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Stjepan Bobek, Croatian-Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Alice Coachman, American high jumper (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Basil Hume, English cardinal (d. 1999) |
| 1923 | Jane Kean, American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (d. 1935) |
| 1923 | Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Richard Hooker, American novelist (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Alice Gibson, Belizean chief librarian and educator |
| 1923 | Vernon Biever, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005) |
| 1923 | Larry Doby, American baseball player (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Marianne Werner, German shot putter |
| 1923 | Chris Argyris, American psychologist, theorist, and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Giannis Dalianidis, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003) |