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 | Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1926 | A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1927 | S. Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic |
| 1926 | Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992) |
| 1926 | Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter |
| 1926 | James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright |
| 1926 | Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972) |
| 1926 | Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician |
| 1926 | Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal |
| 1926 | Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (d. 2015) |