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 |
|---|---|
| 1926 | Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Chilean surgeon |
| 1926 | Bill Smith, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian-American soprano and actress (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (d. 1965) |
| 1926 | Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Julie Adams, American actress (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright |
| 1927 | José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist |
| 1926 | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995) |
| 1926 | Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, English diplomat (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1926 | David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Hulusi Sayın, Turkish general (d. 1991) |
| 1926 | Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Ann Curtis, American swimmer (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Johnny Berry, English footballer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (d. 1986) |
| 1926 | Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012) |