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 | Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1906 | Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970) |
| 1906 | Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (d. 1988) |
| 1906 | Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1906 | Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom (d. 1995) |
| 1906 | Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (d. 1992) |
| 1906 | Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (d. 2004) |
| 1906 | Arthur Rudolph, German scientist and engineer (d. 1996) |
| 1906 | Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1981) |
| 1906 | Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987) |
| 1906 | Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980) |
| 1906 | Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1906 | Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (d. 1990) |
| 1906 | Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (d. 1993) |
| 1906 | Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996) |
| 1907 | Alfred Wainwright, British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | Oleg Antonov, Russian engineer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company (d. 1984) |
| 1906 | Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986) |
| 1906 | Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1906 | Jim Thompson, American businessman (d. 1967) |
| 1907 | Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979) |
| 1906 | Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1906 | Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (d. 1989) |
| 1906 | Willard Maas, American poet and educator (d. 1971) |
| 1906 | Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997) |
| 1906 | Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981) |
| 1906 | Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (d. 1971) |
| 1906 | Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998) |
| 1906 | Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist (d. 1931) |