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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1912 | Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979) |
| 1913 | Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994) |
| 1913 | Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996) |