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 | Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1926 | Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981) |
| 1926 | Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Denis Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Arturo Luz, Filipino visual artist (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Haitian educator and writer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | James Bama, American artist and illustrator |
| 1926 | Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic |
| 1926 | Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1927 | Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) |
| 1927 | James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (d. 1965) |
| 1926 | Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013) |