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 | Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Miroslav Tichý, Czech photographer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 1927 | Barbara Rush, American actress |
| 1926 | Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | George William Gray, British chemist who developed liquid crystals that made displays possible (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967) |
| 1926 | Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | James Merrill, American poet and playwright (d. 1995) |
| 1926 | Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1926 | Perry Moss, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | T. Loren Christianson, American politician (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013) |
| 1927 | Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. 1983) |
| 1926 | Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991) |
| 1926 | Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor |