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 | Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Willie Hall, English international footballer (d. 1967) |
| 1913 | Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1913 | Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989) |
| 1913 | Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) |