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 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1913 | Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984) |
| 1912 | Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist (d. 1965) |