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 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014) |
| 1913 | Don Hutson, American football player and coach (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Per Imerslund, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Jacques Hélian, French bandleader (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2006) |