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 | Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (d. 2016) |
| 1927 | Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Arturo Luz, Filipino visual artist (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Alex Grammas, American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976) |
| 1926 | Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English lieutenant and politician, founded the National Motor Museum (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012) |
| 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 | James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Prince Claus of the Netherlands (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Bitt Pitt, Australian race car driver (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Mathilde Krim, Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (d. 1943) |
| 1927 | Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | François Morel, Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2018) |