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 | David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1913 | Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947) |
| 1912 | Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953) |
| 1912 | Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (d. 1961) |