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 |
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| 1912 | W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993) |
| 1913 | Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012) |
| 1913 | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1913 | Don Hutson, American football player and coach (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971) |
| 1913 | Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |