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 | Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014) |
| 1913 | Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1913 | Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985) |
| 1913 | Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1913 | Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Don Hutson, American football player and coach (d. 1997) |