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 | Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Chae Myung-shin, South Korean general (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (d. 1987) |
| 1926 | Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Don Newcombe, American baseball player (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1927 | Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1926 | James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977) |
| 1926 | Prince Claus of the Netherlands (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1926 | Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic |
| 1926 | Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic; developed algebraic number theory (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Betye Saar, American artist |
| 1926 | Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973) |
| 1926 | Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician |
| 1926 | David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author |
| 1926 | Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1927 | Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |