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 | Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983) |
| 1926 | Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete |
| 1926 | Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter |
| 1926 | Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Laurence Street, Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (d. 2018) |
| 1927 | Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1926 | Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic; developed algebraic number theory (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Kenny Baker, American fiddler (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | John Knowles, American novelist (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | William John McNaughton, American bishop (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1926 | Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1926 | Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1927 | Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1927 | Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Irene Papas, Greek actress (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Eddie Little Sky, American actor (d. 1997) |
| 1926 | Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959) |
| 1926 | Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Pete Rozelle, American businessman and 3rd Commissioner of the National Football League (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Johnny Berry, English footballer (d. 1994) |