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 | Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1926 | Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1926 | Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor |
| 1926 | André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | John Knowles, American novelist (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984) |
| 1926 | Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (d. 2010) |
| 1926 | Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Haitian educator and writer (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1926 | Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1927 | E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994) |
| 1926 | Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (d. 2017) |
| 1926 | Bo Carpelan, Finnish poet and author (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Betsy Jolas, French composer |
| 1927 | Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995) |
| 1926 | Douglas Croft, American child actor (d. 1963) |
| 1926 | Carl Hahn, German businessman |
| 1926 | Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (d. 2014) |
| 1926 | Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018) |
| 1926 | Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007) |