Born in 1906, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1906 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1906 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 25 January 1906 and 12 February 1907 are considered born in the Chinese year 1906 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1906 is also known as the Year of the Fire Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1906 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1906
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1906. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1906. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1906 | Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994) |
| 1906 | Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949) |
| 1906 | Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian mathematician (d. 1995) |
| 1907 | Joseph Kearns, American actor (d. 1962) |
| 1906 | Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (d. 1988) |
| 1906 | Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1987) |
| 1906 | J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996) |
| 1906 | Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (d. 1990) |
| 1906 | Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1907 | Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931) |
| 1906 | Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (d. 1974) |
| 1906 | H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist and museum administrator (d. 1982) |
| 1906 | Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1906 | Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994) |
| 1906 | Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973) |
| 1906 | Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1906 | Harry Hibbs, English footballer (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (d. 1983) |
| 1907 | Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979) |
| 1906 | Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1907 | Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman (d. 2003) |
| 1906 | Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (d. 1983) |
| 1906 | Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1906 | Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996) |
| 1906 | Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (d. 2001) |
| 1906 | Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1980) |
| 1906 | Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1963) |
| 1906 | Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987) |
| 1906 | Mary Coyle Chase, American journalist and playwright; author of Harvey (d. 1981) |