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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998) |