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 | Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004) |