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 |
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| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Perry Como, American singer and television host (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Alfred Klingler, German field handballer |
| 1912 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972) |
| 1913 | Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983) |
| 1913 | William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |