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 | Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (d. 2001) |
| 1927 | Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997) |
| 1926 | Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967) |
| 1926 | James Merrill, American poet and playwright (d. 1995) |
| 1926 | R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (d. 2009) |
| 1927 | Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | William John McNaughton, American bishop (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973) |
| 1926 | Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher (d. 2016) |
| 1927 | José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Stephen Antonakos, Greek-American sculptor (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Betye Saar, American artist |
| 1926 | Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (d. 1962) |