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 | A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1906 | Clara Breed, American librarian and activist (d. 1994) |
| 1906 | Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975) |
| 1906 | Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 1951) |
| 1906 | Willard Maas, American poet and educator (d. 1971) |
| 1906 | Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (d. 1975) |
| 1906 | Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (d. 1954) |
| 1907 | Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, tenth United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2004) |
| 1906 | S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975) |
| 1906 | Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967) |
| 1907 | Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (d. 1972) |
| 1906 | Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor (d. 1971) |
| 1906 | J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996) |
| 1906 | Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973) |
| 1906 | Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987) |
| 1907 | Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 1986) |
| 1906 | Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer (d. 1955) |
| 1906 | Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician (d. 1965) |
| 1906 | Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician (d. 2008) |
| 1906 | Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1949) |
| 1906 | Laurens van der Post, South African-English soldier and author (d. 1996) |
| 1906 | Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002) |
| 1906 | Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (d. 1983) |
| 1907 | Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940) |
| 1906 | R. S. Mugali, Indian poet and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1906 | Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1906 | Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1985) |
| 1906 | George Dillon, American soldier and poet (d. 1968) |
| 1906 | Toni Ulmen, German racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1976) |