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 |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970) |
| 1906 | Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1906 | Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993) |
| 1906 | Bunny Austin, English tennis player (d. 2000) |
| 1906 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975) |
| 1906 | Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (d. 1989) |
| 1906 | Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (d. 1968) |
| 1906 | A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1906 | Fernando Germani, Italian organist (d. 1998) |
| 1906 | Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979) |
| 1906 | Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973) |
| 1907 | Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1906 | Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography (d. 1968) |
| 1906 | Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988) |
| 1906 | Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998) |
| 1906 | Heinz Harmel, German general (d. 2000) |
| 1906 | Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (d. 1975) |
| 1906 | Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (d. 1997) |
| 1906 | Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960) |
| 1906 | Oleg Antonov, Russian engineer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984) |
| 1907 | Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician (d. 1994) |
| 1906 | Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1907 | Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1993) |
| 1906 | Steve Anderson, American hurdler (d. 1988) |
| 1906 | Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949) |
| 1906 | Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian mathematician (d. 1995) |
| 1906 | Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973) |
| 1906 | Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist (d. 2000) |
| 1906 | Franz Schädle, German SS officer (d. 1945) |