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 |
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| 1912 | Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1953) |
| 1912 | Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Jacques Hélian, French bandleader (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995) |