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 | Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1926 | Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and 5th President of China (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic |
| 1926 | Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, French businessman, soldier and racing driver (d. 2018) |
| 1927 | Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1926 | George Booth, American cartoonist (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Frank Finlay, English actor (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Joan Lorring, British actress (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer |
| 1926 | Peter Graves, American actor and director (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | David Hurst, German actor (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Robert W. Wilson, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author (d. 2001) |
| 1927 | Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Carl Hahn, German businessman |
| 1926 | Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015) |