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 Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
1926 Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete
1926 Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002)
1926 Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter
1926 Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)
1926 Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
1926 Laurence Street, Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (d. 2018)
1927 Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1926 Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic; developed algebraic number theory (d. 2003)
1926 Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (d. 2018)
1926 Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
1926 Kenny Baker, American fiddler (d. 2011)
1926 John Knowles, American novelist (d. 2001)
1926 Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019)
1926 William John McNaughton, American bishop (d. 2020)
1926 Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1926 Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1926 Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985)
1926 Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
1926 Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1926 Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1927 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014)
1926 Irene Papas, Greek actress (d. 2022)
1926 Eddie Little Sky, American actor (d. 1997)
1926 Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1926 Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 2002)
1926 Pete Rozelle, American businessman and 3rd Commissioner of the National Football League (d. 1996)
1926 Johnny Berry, English footballer (d. 1994)