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 | Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and author (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007) |
| 1923 | Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (d. 1999) |
| 1923 | Mae Young, American wrestler (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001) |
| 1923 | Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1923 | Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007) |
| 1923 | Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (d. 1958) |
| 1923 | Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor (d. 2017) |
| 1923 | Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (d. 1944) |
| 1923 | Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records (d. 2006) |
| 1923 | Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer (d. 2015) |
| 1923 | Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990) |
| 1923 | John Krish, English director and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1923 | Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (d. 2004) |
| 1923 | Chris Argyris, American psychologist, theorist, and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985) |
| 1923 | Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1923 | Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (d. 1998) |
| 1923 | G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1923 | Ted Knight, American actor and comedian (d. 1986) |
| 1923 | Larry Doby, American baseball player (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (d. 2010) |
| 1923 | Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1923 | Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003) |
| 1923 | Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002) |