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 | R. K. Narayan, Indian author (d. 2001) |
| 1906 | Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (d. 1975) |
| 1906 | Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (d. 1954) |
| 1906 | Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (d. 1979) |
| 1906 | Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet and Russian mathematician (d. 1993) |
| 1906 | Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968) |
| 1906 | Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer (d. 1982) |
| 1906 | Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981) |
| 1906 | Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998) |
| 1906 | Walter Rauff, German SS officer (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970) |
| 1906 | Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (d. 1983) |
| 1906 | Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1906 | Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1988) |
| 1906 | Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (d. 1975) |
| 1906 | Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (d. 1997) |
| 1906 | Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1906 | Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1906 | Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987) |
| 1906 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (d. 1945) |
| 1906 | Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (d. 1989) |
| 1907 | Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982) |
| 1906 | R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (d. 1983) |
| 1906 | Vera Tanner, English swimmer (d. 1971) |
| 1906 | Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | John Murray, American playwright and producer (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1906 | Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993) |
| 1906 | John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995) |