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 | Willie Wood, American football player (d. 2020) |
| 1937 | Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2007) |
| 1936 | Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1936 | Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010) |
| 1937 | Shirley Eaton, English actress |
| 1936 | Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014) |
| 1936 | Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997) |
| 1936 | Marj Dusay, American actress (d. 2020) |
| 1936 | Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1936 | Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (d. 2015) |
| 1936 | Bobby Nichols, American golfer |
| 1937 | Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer |
| 1936 | Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1936 | Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator |
| 1936 | Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor (d. 2017) |
| 1937 | Jeff Clyne, British musician (d. 2009) |
| 1936 | Urs Wild, Swiss chemist |
| 1936 | J. Robert Hooper, American businessman and politician (d. 2008) |
| 1936 | Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973) |
| 1937 | Sonny Siebert, American baseball player |
| 1937 | Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985) |
| 1936 | June Jordan, American poet and educator (d. 2002) |
| 1936 | Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (d. 1998) |
| 1936 | Brian Blessed, English actor |
| 1936 | Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1936 | Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989) |
| 1936 | Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013) |
| 1936 | Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1936 | Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014) |
| 1936 | Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (d. 2015) |