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 | György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic |
| 1926 | Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic |
| 1926 | Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | William John McNaughton, American bishop (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962) |
| 1926 | Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997) |
| 1926 | Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1926 | Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic |
| 1926 | Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (d. 2003) |
| 1927 | Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | George William Gray, British chemist who developed liquid crystals that made displays possible (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013) |
| 1927 | Brock Adams, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Carl Hahn, German businessman |