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 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005) |
| 1913 | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (d. 1975) |