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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| 1937 | Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano |
| 1936 | Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995) |
| 1936 | A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet |
| 1936 | Lisa Davis, English-American actress |
| 1936 | Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991) |
| 1937 | Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author |
| 1936 | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (d. 2019) |
| 1936 | Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (d. 2015) |
| 1937 | Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1936 | Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018) |
| 1936 | Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1936 | Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000) |
| 1936 | Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic |
| 1936 | Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician |
| 1936 | Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist |
| 1936 | Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1936 | Mick Young, Australian politician (d. 1996) |
| 1936 | Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991) |
| 1936 | Alex Olmedo, Peruvian-American tennis player (d. 2020) |
| 1936 | Haroon Ahmed, Pakistani-English engineer and academic |
| 1936 | Barbara Mikulski, American social worker and politician |
| 1936 | Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy |
| 1936 | Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (d. 2021) |
| 1936 | Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright |
| 1936 | Ray Collins, American singer (d. 2012) |
| 1936 | Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian accordion player and composer |
| 1936 | Harold Budd, American composer and poet (d. 2020) |
| 1936 | Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and educator (d. 2016) |
| 1936 | Roger Mahony, American cardinal |
| 1936 | Bobby Ross, American football player and coach |