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 |
|---|---|
| 1926 | David Berglas, American magician and mentalist |
| 1927 | Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (d. 2015) |
| 1927 | Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2003) |
| 1927 | Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic |
| 1926 | Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Myer Skoog, American basketball player (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (d. 2016) |
| 1927 | Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (d. 1985) |
| 1926 | John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Julie Adams, American actress (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (d. 2020) |
| 1927 | Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist |
| 1926 | Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | William John McNaughton, American bishop (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician |
| 1926 | Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (d. 1987) |
| 1926 | Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (d. 1958) |