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 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1912 | Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1913 | Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002) |
| 1913 | Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1913 | Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001) |