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 | Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (d. 1966) |
| 1912 | Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 2005) |