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 | David Berglas, American magician and mentalist |
| 1926 | Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1927 | S. Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor |
| 1927 | Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1926 | Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Doug Insole, English cricketer (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Carl Hahn, German businessman |
| 1926 | Marilyn Erskine, American actress |
| 1926 | Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (d. 1978) |
| 1926 | Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2014) |