Born in 1926, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1926 is the Year of the Tiger and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1926 are Tigers. The Chinese Tiger year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 13 February 1926 and 1 February 1927 are considered born in the Chinese year 1926 and are a Tiger sign. In addition, each Tiger 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. 1926 is also known as the Year of the Fire Tiger. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1926 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Tiger and 1926
Famous People Born in the Year of the Tiger and Chinese Year 1926. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Tiger 1926. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1926 | Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Haitian educator and writer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Frank Finlay, English actor (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic |
| 1927 | José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist |
| 1926 | Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist |
| 1926 | Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1926 | Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1926 | Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015) |
| 1927 | Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian (d. 1961) |
| 1926 | Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (d. 2010) |