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 | Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |