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 | Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic; developed algebraic number theory (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Robert Bly, American poet and essayist (d. 2021) |
| 1926 | Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1927 | Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (d. 1958) |
| 1926 | Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979) |
| 1926 | Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1926 | Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972) |
| 1926 | Alison Lurie, American author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1969) |
| 1927 | Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Killer Kowalski, American wrestler (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet (d. 2020) |
| 1927 | E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician |