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 | Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Alfred Klingler, German field handballer |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |