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 | Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | T. Loren Christianson, American politician (d. 2019) |
| 1927 | Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | John Middleton Murry, Jr., English soldier, pilot, and author (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania |
| 1926 | Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972) |
| 1927 | Barbara Rush, American actress |
| 1926 | Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician |
| 1926 | Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Donald Carr, German-English cricketer and referee (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer |
| 1926 | John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016) |
| 1927 | Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986) |
| 1926 | Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Don Newcombe, American baseball player (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Harold Dorman, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (d. 1994) |