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 | Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1969) |
| 1926 | Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007) |
| 1927 | Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977) |
| 1926 | Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1926 | Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (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) |
| 1927 | Joe Perry, American footballer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992) |
| 1926 | Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Raymond Watson, American businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976) |
| 1926 | Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Roger McKee, American baseball player (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Keith Michell, Australian actor (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO |
| 1926 | James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988) |
| 1926 | Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1926 | Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Marilyn Erskine, American actress |
| 1926 | Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008) |
| 1927 | Paula Hawkins, American politician (d. 2009) |