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 | Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1913 | Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1913 | Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003) |
| 1913 | Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |