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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1913 | Don Hutson, American football player and coach (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1913 | Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |