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 | Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster |
| 1936 | Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1936 | James M. McPherson, American historian and author |
| 1936 | Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1936 | Peep Jänes, Estonian architect |
| 1936 | Alex Rocco, American actor (d. 2015) |
| 1936 | Robin Gammell, Candian actor |
| 1936 | Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 1936 | Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1936 | D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (d. 2015) |
| 1936 | Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003) |
| 1936 | Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1936 | Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (d. 1977) |
| 1936 | Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (d. 2012) |
| 1936 | Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (d. 2014) |
| 1936 | Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager |
| 1936 | Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author |
| 1936 | Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958) |
| 1936 | Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (d. 2007) |
| 1936 | Shirley Knight, American actress (d. 2020) |
| 1936 | William Levada, American cardinal (d. 2019) |
| 1936 | Aribert Reimann, German pianist and composer |
| 1936 | Bert Sugar, American author and boxing historian (d. 2012) |
| 1936 | Jill Ireland, English actress (d. 1990) |
| 1936 | Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1936 | Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (d. 2012) |
| 1936 | Hans van Abeelen, Dutch geneticist (d. 1998) |
| 1936 | George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic |
| 1936 | K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1936 | Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author |