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 | Nita Bieber, American actress (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Don Dunstan, Fijian-Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1927 | Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Fred Cone, American football player (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Jane Withers, American actress (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, English diplomat (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Adetowun Ogunsheye, first female Nigerian professor and university dean |
| 1926 | John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Jerome Courtland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1927 | José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and academic (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | James Bama, American artist and illustrator |
| 1927 | Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Douglas Croft, American child actor (d. 1963) |
| 1927 | Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Y. A. Tittle, American football player (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Gerry Fitt, Northern Irish soldier and politician; British life peer (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist |
| 1926 | Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | François Morel, Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2018) |