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 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) |