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)