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 | Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Joe Franklin, American radio and television host (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (d. 2022) |
| 1927 | James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (d. 1965) |
| 1926 | Bill Pertwee, English actor (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Poul Anderson, American author (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976) |
| 1926 | Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | James Bama, American artist and illustrator |
| 1926 | Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (d. 1975) |
| 1926 | Betye Saar, American artist |
| 1926 | Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1926 | Robert Ledley, American academic and inventor (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Harris Wofford, American politician, author, and civil rights activist (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Myer Skoog, American basketball player (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | William John McNaughton, American bishop (d. 2020) |
| 1927 | Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (d. 2015) |