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.
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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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1913 | William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962) |
| 1912 | Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1913 | Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |