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 |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004) |