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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Horse?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944) |
| 1906 | Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (d. 1994) |
| 1906 | Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (d. 1989) |
| 1906 | Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1968) |
| 1906 | Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993) |
| 1906 | Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | Henry Nash Smith, American academic (d. 1986) |
| 1906 | Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (d. 1985) |
| 1907 | Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 1986) |
| 1906 | William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1970) |
| 1906 | Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935) |
| 1906 | Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (d. 1989) |
| 1906 | George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1906 | Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986) |
| 1906 | Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996) |
| 1906 | Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (d. 2005) |
| 1907 | Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1906 | Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer and educator (d. 2010) |
| 1906 | Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1906 | Bunny Austin, English tennis player (d. 2000) |
| 1906 | Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (d. 1997) |
| 1906 | Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-American potter and designer (d. 2011) |
| 1906 | Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (d. 2004) |
| 1906 | Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist (d. 1978) |
| 1906 | Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972) |
| 1906 | Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983) |
| 1906 | James Brooks, American painter and educator (d. 1992) |