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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
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 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1913 | Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |