Born in 1912, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1912 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1912 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 18 February 1912 and 5 February 1913 are considered born in the Chinese year 1912 and are a Rat sign. In addition, each Rat 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. 1912 is also known as the Year of the Water Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1912 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1912
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1912. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1912. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1912 | Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001) |
| 1913 | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | George O. Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977) |