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 | Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2005) |
| 1927 | Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976) |
| 1926 | Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author |
| 1926 | James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Thomas Williams, American author and academic (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Uttam Kumar, Indian Bengali actor, director, producer, singer, composer and playback singer (d. 1980) |
| 1926 | Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (d. 1986) |
| 1926 | Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic |
| 1926 | Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic |
| 1926 | George William Gray, British chemist who developed liquid crystals that made displays possible (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Alison Lurie, American author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1926 | Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1993) |
| 1926 | Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999) |
| 1927 | Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | George Englund, American film editor, director, producer and actor (d. 2017) |