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 | Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Y. A. Tittle, American football player (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (d. 1998) |
| 1927 | Brock Adams, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Bob Rosburg, American golfer (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979) |
| 1926 | Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Earle Hyman, American actor (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Ann Curtis, American swimmer (d. 2012) |
| 1927 | Phyllis Coates, American actress |
| 1926 | Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia (d. 2002) |
| 1927 | Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006) |
| 1927 | Joe Perry, American footballer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Eddie Little Sky, American actor (d. 1997) |
| 1926 | Libero Liberati, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1962) |
| 1926 | George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii |