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 | Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | James Merrill, American poet and playwright (d. 1995) |
| 1926 | William Porter, American hurdler (d. 2000) |
| 1926 | Johnny Coles, American trumpet player (d. 1997) |
| 1926 | Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | John Middleton Murry, Jr., English soldier, pilot, and author (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Robert Bly, American poet and essayist (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician |
| 1926 | John Berger, English author, poet, painter and critic (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005) |
| 1927 | E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Rabi Ray, Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Alison Lurie, American author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009) |
| 1927 | Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Gerry Fitt, Northern Irish soldier and politician; British life peer (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (d. 2020) |