Born in 1936, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1936 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1936 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 24 January 1936 and 10 February 1937 are considered born in the Chinese year 1936 and are a Rat sign. In addition, each Rat 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. 1936 is also known as the Year of the Fire Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1936 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1936
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1936. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1936. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1936 | Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer and screenwriter, created The Muppets (d. 1990) |
| 1936 | Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1936 | Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003) |
| 1936 | Luciano Fabro, Italian sculptor and artist (d. 2007) |
| 1936 | Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (d. 2015) |
| 1936 | Warren M. Washington, American atmospheric scientist |
| 1936 | Virna Lisi, Italian actress (d. 2014) |
| 1936 | Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist |
| 1936 | Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988) |
| 1936 | Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1936 | Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (d. 2010) |
| 1936 | Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (d. 2013) |
| 1936 | Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1937 | Remak Ramsay, American actor |
| 1936 | Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2017) |
| 1936 | Judith Guest, American author and screenwriter |
| 1936 | David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto |
| 1936 | Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014) |
| 1936 | Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007) |
| 1936 | A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet |
| 1936 | Peep Jänes, Estonian architect |
| 1937 | Vanessa Redgrave, English actress |
| 1937 | Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1936 | Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1970) |
| 1936 | Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor |
| 1936 | Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland |
| 1937 | Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) |
| 1937 | Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African engineer and politician, President of the Central African Republic (d. 2011) |
| 1936 | Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012) |
| 1936 | June Jordan, American poet and educator (d. 2002) |