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 | Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Marilyn Erskine, American actress |
| 1926 | Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician |
| 1926 | Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist |
| 1926 | Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1967) |
| 1926 | George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright |
| 1926 | Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977) |
| 1926 | Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009) |
| 1927 | Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Earle Hyman, American actor (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Robert Ledley, American academic and inventor (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995) |
| 1927 | José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (d. 2021) |