Born in 1948, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1948
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1948. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1948. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1948 | Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist |
| 1948 | Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer |
| 1949 | Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2022) |
| 1948 | Steve Braun, American baseball player and coach |
| 1948 | Toninho Horta, Brazilian guitarist and composer |
| 1948 | Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman |
| 1948 | Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1948 | Christos Iakovou, Greek weightlifter |
| 1948 | King George Tupou V of Tonga, (d. 2012) |
| 1948 | Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist |
| 1948 | Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic |
| 1949 | Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager |
| 1948 | David Schnitter, American saxophonist and educator |
| 1948 | Charlie Scott, American basketball player |
| 1948 | Leo Sayer, English-Australian singer-songwriter and musician |
| 1948 | Rey Langit, Filipino journalist and radio host |
| 1948 | Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1948 | Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs |
| 1948 | Dušan Bajević, Bosnian footballer and manager |
| 1948 | Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1948 | Karol Sikora, English physician and academic |
| 1948 | Javier Irureta, Spanish footballer and manager |
| 1948 | Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor |
| 1948 | Elizabeth Berg, American nurse and author |
| 1948 | John Pritchard, English bishop |
| 1948 | Jerry Mathers, American actor |
| 1948 | Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1948 | Don Nickles, American businessman and politician |
| 1948 | Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director |