Born in 1976, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1976 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1976 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 31 January 1976 and 17 February 1977 are considered born in the Chinese year 1976 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon 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. 1976 is also known as the Year of the Fire Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1976 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1976
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1976. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1976. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1976 | Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer and manager |
| 1976 | Troy Hudson, American basketball player and rapper |
| 1976 | Simone Loria, Italian footballer |
| 1976 | Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder and educator |
| 1976 | Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1976 | Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic |
| 1976 | James Dale Ritchie, American serial killer (d. 2016) |
| 1976 | Melissa George, Australian-American actress |
| 1976 | Scott Downs, American baseball player |
| 1976 | Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler |
| 1976 | Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress |
| 1977 | Denis Lunghi, Italian cyclist |
| 1976 | Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer |
| 1976 | Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker |
| 1976 | Lars Figura, German sprinter |
| 1976 | Zaza Enden, Georgian-Turkish wrestler, basketball player, and coach |
| 1976 | Michael Young, American baseball player |
| 1976 | Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer |
| 1976 | Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player |
| 1976 | Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach |
| 1976 | Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano |
| 1976 | Tom Pappas, American decathlete and coach |
| 1976 | Erica Hill, American journalist |
| 1976 | Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1976 | Jessica Capshaw, American actress |
| 1976 | Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer |
| 1976 | Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (d. 2009) |
| 1976 | Dan Fogler, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1976 | Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator |
| 1976 | Audrey Tautou, French model and actress |