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 | Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Don Rickles, American comedian and actor (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Mathilde Krim, Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000) |
| 1926 | Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1969) |
| 1926 | Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter |
| 1927 | E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Grace Glueck, American arts journalist (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Carol Ruth Vander Velde, American mathematician (d. 1972) |
| 1926 | Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998) |
| 1927 | Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO |
| 1926 | Harold Dorman, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Liz Renay, American actress and author (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Earle Hyman, American actor (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1926 | Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976) |
| 1926 | Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1926 | Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S lieutenant general |