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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| 1949 | Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales |
| 1948 | Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor |
| 1948 | Caio Fernando Abreu, Brazilian writer (d. 1996) |
| 1948 | Mark Phillips, English equestrian, trainer, and journalist |
| 1948 | Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012) |
| 1948 | Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1948 | Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author and critic |
| 1948 | Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager |
| 1948 | Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Snowy White, English guitarist |
| 1948 | Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 1948 | Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter (d. 2021) |
| 1948 | Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971) |
| 1948 | Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop |
| 1948 | Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (d. 2006) |
| 1948 | Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014) |
| 1948 | Franco Gasparri, Italian actor (d. 1999) |
| 1948 | Agnieszka Holland, Polish film and television director and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound |
| 1948 | Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director |
| 1948 | Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman |
| 1948 | Laurence Yep, American author and playwright |
| 1948 | Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (d. 2018) |
| 1948 | Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba |
| 1948 | Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013) |
| 1948 | Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d. 1991) |
| 1948 | Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter |
| 1948 | Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory |
| 1948 | Tom Grieve, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster |
| 1948 | Colin Todd, English football player and coach |