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 | Yisrael Friedman, Romanian-born Israeli rabbi (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Kim Dae-jung, South Korean soldier and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996) |
| 1923 | Betsy Drake, American actress (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Bob Barker, American game show host and producer |
| 1923 | Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress (d. 2004) |
| 1923 | Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | Gerald Götting, German politician (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Nell Rankin, American soprano and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1923 | Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969) |
| 1923 | Floyd Simmons, American decathlete and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1923 | Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Robert Craft, American conductor and musicologist (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat |
| 1923 | Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (d. 2020) |
| 1923 | Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | Elizabeth Hawley, American-Nepali journalist and historian (d. 2018) |
| 1923 | Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1923 | Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011) |