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 | Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971) |
| 1913 | Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1913 | Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953) |
| 1912 | Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018) |
| 1912 | Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Otto Kretschmer, German admiral (d. 1998) |