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 | André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968) |
| 1913 | Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1913 | Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972) |