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 | Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Marques Haynes, American basketball player (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman, founded IKEA (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967) |
| 1927 | Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1926 | Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Robert Ledley, American academic and inventor (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Arthur Oldham, English composer and conductor (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Don Dunstan, Fijian-Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (d. 1987) |
| 1926 | Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer |
| 1926 | Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Frank Finlay, English actor (d. 2016) |