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 | Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011) |
| 1927 | Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1926 | John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Irene Papas, Greek actress (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1926 | David Berglas, American magician and mentalist |
| 1926 | Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1926 | Douglas Croft, American child actor (d. 1963) |
| 1927 | Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Patricia Castell, Argentine actress (d. 2013) |
| 1926 | Shecky Greene, American comedian |
| 1926 | T. Loren Christianson, American politician (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player |
| 1926 | Don Dunstan, Fijian-Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (d. 1999) |
| 1926 | Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022) |
| 1926 | David Nadien, American violinist (d. 2014) |
| 1927 | Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986) |
| 1926 | Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (d. 2016) |
| 1926 | Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1926 | Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990) |
| 1926 | David Nathan, British journalist (d. 2001) |
| 1926 | Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic; developed algebraic number theory (d. 2003) |
| 1926 | Prince Claus of the Netherlands (d. 2002) |
| 1926 | Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, Urdu poet (d. 2020) |
| 1926 | Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (d. 2013) |