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 | Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Alfred Klingler, German field handballer |
| 1912 | Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Sally Kirkland, American journalist (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Willie Hall, English international footballer (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Jacques Hélian, French bandleader (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Per Imerslund, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010) |