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 |
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| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985) |
| 1913 | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2001 or 2010) |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) |
| 1913 | Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983) |