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 | Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | George O. Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2001 or 2010) |
| 1912 | Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1913 | Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987) |