According to Chinese Astrology, 1948 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1948 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 10 February 1948 and 28 January 1949 are considered born in the Chinese year 1948 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. 1948 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1948 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
Date | Name |
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1948 | Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 1980) |
1948 | Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher |
1948 | Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician |
1949 | Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002) |
1948 | Lindsay Crouse, American actress |
1948 | Janice Lynde, American actress |
1949 | Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach |
1948 | Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designer[page needed] |
1948 | Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist |
1948 | Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005) |
1948 | Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (d. 2008) |
1948 | Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter |
1948 | Candy Crowley, American journalist |
1948 | Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011) |
1948 | Mel Galley, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) |
1948 | Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 2021) |
1948 | Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician |
1948 | Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter |
1948 | Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author |
1948 | Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal |
1948 | Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress |
1949 | Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006) |
1948 | Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager (d. 2021) |
1949 | Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist |
1948 | Rudy Ruettiger, American football player |
1948 | Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011) |
1948 | Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar |
1948 | Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2013) |
1948 | Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator |
1948 | Christos Iakovou, Greek weightlifter |