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 | John Toner, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1923 | Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (d. 2001) |
| 1923 | Solly Hemus, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996) |
| 1923 | Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1923 | Larry Doby, American baseball player (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002) |
| 1923 | Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | William A. Rusher, American lawyer and journalist (d. 2011) |
| 1923 | Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (d. 1967) |
| 1923 | Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971) |
| 1923 | Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005) |
| 1923 | Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1923 | Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986) |
| 1923 | John Bradley, American soldier (d. 1994) |
| 1923 | Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Ned Wertimer, American actor (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Kim Dae-jung, South Korean soldier and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) |
| 1923 | Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) |
| 1923 | Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Earl Bakken, American inventor (d. 2018) |
| 1923 | Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1968) |
| 1923 | Peter Corr, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2001) |
| 1923 | Francisco de Andrade, Portuguese sailor |