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 Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981)
1926 A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
1926 Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1927 S. Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (d. 1990)
1926 Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020)
1926 Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic
1926 Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (d. 2003)
1926 James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992)
1926 Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet (d. 2019)
1926 Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (d. 2004)
1926 Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011)
1926 Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter
1926 James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1926 Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
1926 Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005)
1926 David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician (d. 2020)
1926 Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1926 Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972)
1926 Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
1926 Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (d. 2015)
1926 Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003)
1926 Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician
1926 Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
1926 Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
1926 Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (d. 2012)
1926 Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (d. 2001)
1926 Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015)
1926 André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1926 Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (d. 2018)
1926 Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (d. 2015)