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 | Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1913 | Don Hutson, American football player and coach (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959) |
| 1912 | Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1913 | Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |