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 | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Bitt Pitt, Australian race car driver (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1927 | Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Thomas Williams, American author and academic (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Robert Ledley, American academic and inventor (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Gene Colan, American illustrator (d. 2011) |
| 1927 | Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian (d. 1961) |
| 1926 | Armando Silvestre, Mexican-American actor |
| 1926 | Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer |
| 1926 | Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Ann Curtis, American swimmer (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Marques Haynes, American basketball player (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic |
| 1926 | David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania |
| 1926 | Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic |
| 1926 | Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Jean Alexander, English actress (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008) |