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 | Peter Graves, American actor and director (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952) |
| 1926 | Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Irene Papas, Greek actress (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | John Fowles, English novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Bitt Pitt, Australian race car driver (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Thomas Williams, American author and academic (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician |
| 1926 | Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, Urdu poet (d. 2020) |
| 1927 | Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Nita Bieber, American actress (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist |
| 1926 | Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (d. 2017) |
| 1927 | Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (d. 1989) |
| 1926 | Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011) |