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 | Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Mathilde Krim, Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | William Bowyer, English painter and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Rae Allen, American actress, singer, and director (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Bo Carpelan, Finnish poet and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967) |
| 1926 | Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and 5th President of China (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal |
| 1926 | John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Harry Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Maryland (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1926 | Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player |
| 1926 | Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1926 | Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Marilyn Erskine, American actress |
| 1926 | Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2005) |
| 1927 | Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (d. 2018) |