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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
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 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Glenn Morris, American decathlete (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1913 | Don Hutson, American football player and coach (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001) |