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 | Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer |
| 1948 | Robert John "Mutt" Lange, British-South African record producer and songwriter |
| 1949 | Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic (d. 2016) |
| 1948 | Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter |
| 1948 | Alison Britton, English sculptor and educator |
| 1948 | Dianne Wiest, American actress |
| 1948 | Michel Pagliaro, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1948 | Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1948 | Deborah Swallow, English historian and curator |
| 1948 | Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1948 | Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician |
| 1949 | Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997) |
| 1948 | Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer |
| 1948 | Susan Ruttan, American actress |
| 1948 | Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic |
| 1949 | Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist |
| 1948 | Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla |
| 1948 | Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer |
| 1948 | Karol Sikora, English physician and academic |
| 1948 | Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher |
| 1948 | Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist |
| 1948 | Sandra Dickinson, American-English actress and composer |
| 1948 | Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver |
| 1948 | Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author |
| 1948 | JoBeth Williams, American actress |
| 1948 | Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer |
| 1948 | John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003) |
| 1948 | Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician |
| 1948 | Denis MacShane, Scottish journalist and politician, UK Minister of State for Europe |
| 1948 | Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist and academic |