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 | Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1948 | Fred Grandy, American actor and politician |
| 1948 | William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1948 | Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter |
| 1948 | Stan Bowles, English footballer and sportscaster |
| 1948 | Phylicia Rashad, American actress |
| 1948 | Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter |
| 1949 | Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic (estimated date) |
| 1948 | Nick Stringer, English actor |
| 1948 | Deborah Swallow, English historian and curator |
| 1948 | Patty Pravo, Italian singer |
| 1948 | Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach |
| 1948 | Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman |
| 1949 | Nadezhda Ilyina, Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (d. 2013) |
| 1948 | Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter |
| 1948 | Les Chapman, English footballer and manager |
| 1948 | Deborah Moggach, English author and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality |
| 1948 | Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1949 | Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager |
| 1948 | Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete |
| 1948 | Tito Gómez, Puerto Rican salsa singer (d. 2007) |
| 1948 | Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1948 | Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager (d. 2020) |
| 1948 | Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006) |
| 1948 | David Gemmell, English journalist and author (d. 2006) |
| 1948 | John Hall, American politician |
| 1948 | Dennis Prager, American radio host and author |
| 1948 | Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (d. 2013) |
| 1948 | Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate |