Born in 1948, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1948 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1948 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 10 February 1948 and 28 January 1949 are considered born in the Chinese year 1948 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. 1948 is also known as the Year of the Earth Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1948 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1948
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1948. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1948. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1948 | Don Kardong, American runner, journalist, and author |
| 1948 | Jack Dromey, English union leader and politician |
| 1948 | Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic |
| 1948 | Susan Blakely, American actress |
| 1948 | Hema Malini, Indian actress, director, producer, and politician |
| 1948 | Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager |
| 1948 | Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions |
| 1949 | Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007) |
| 1948 | Judy Geeson, English actress |
| 1948 | Stephen Stohn, American-Canadian lawyer and producer |
| 1948 | Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager |
| 1948 | Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator |
| 1949 | Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2020) |
| 1948 | Berry Berenson, American model, actress, and photographer (d. 2001) |
| 1948 | Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter |
| 1948 | Stan Bowles, English footballer and sportscaster |
| 1948 | Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist |
| 1948 | Joan D. Vinge, American author |
| 1948 | Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016) |
| 1948 | Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1948 | Pick Withers, English drummer |
| 1948 | Janice Lynde, American actress |
| 1948 | Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman |
| 1948 | Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter |
| 1948 | Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor |
| 1948 | Bruce Fleisher, American golfer (d. 2021) |
| 1948 | Bob Champion, English jockey |
| 1948 | Piet Souer, Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger |
| 1948 | Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon |