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 | Pascual Pérez, Argentinian boxer (d. 1977) |
| 1927 | Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete |
| 1926 | Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician |
| 1926 | Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | Michel Butor, French author and critic (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (d. 2016) |
| 1927 | Joe Perry, American footballer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995) |
| 1926 | Robert Ledley, American academic and inventor (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Teresa Gisbert Carbonell, Bolivian architect and art historian (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor |
| 1926 | Kenny Baker, American fiddler (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Chae Myung-shin, South Korean general (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998) |
| 1926 | Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |