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 | Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | James Bama, American artist and illustrator |
| 1926 | Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (d. 1987) |
| 1926 | Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic; developed algebraic number theory (d. 2003) |
| 1927 | Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Miroslav Tichý, Czech photographer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1927 | James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (d. 1965) |
| 1926 | Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1926 | Alison Lurie, American author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Jane Withers, American actress (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (d. 1997) |
| 1926 | André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013) |
| 1927 | Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor |
| 1926 | Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan-French journalist and author (d. 2007) |