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 | Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Liz Renay, American actress and author (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973) |
| 1926 | Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | James Bama, American artist and illustrator |
| 1926 | Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic |
| 1926 | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Perry Moss, American football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Joan Lorring, British actress (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman, founded IKEA (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Pedro Dellacha, Argentine football defender and coach (d. 2010) |
| 1927 | Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1926 | Alison Lurie, American author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (d. 2010) |
| 1927 | Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002) |