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 | Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician |
| 1926 | Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | John Fowles, English novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Raymond Watson, American businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Denis Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Doris Belack, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Marilyn Erskine, American actress |
| 1926 | Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Alison Lurie, American author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | David Berglas, American magician and mentalist |
| 1926 | Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1926 | Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995) |
| 1926 | Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | John Gardner, English soldier and author (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Ann Curtis, American swimmer (d. 2012) |
| 1927 | S. Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk (d. 2013) |