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 | James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Liz Renay, American actress and author (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor |
| 1926 | Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | William Bowyer, English painter and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952) |
| 1926 | Robert W. Wilson, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Harold Dorman, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Betye Saar, American artist |
| 1926 | Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1926 | André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Carol Ruth Vander Velde, American mathematician (d. 1972) |