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 | Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France |
| 1948 | Nathalie Baye, French actress |
| 1948 | Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1949 | Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter |
| 1948 | David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe |
| 1948 | Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator |
| 1948 | Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author and critic |
| 1948 | Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player and coach |
| 1948 | Lindsay Crouse, American actress |
| 1949 | Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer |
| 1948 | Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player and politician (d. 1992) |
| 1948 | Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1948 | Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist |
| 1948 | Daniel Wegner, Canadian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1948 | Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress |
| 1948 | Ian McEwan, British novelist and screenwriter |
| 1948 | Mark Phillips, English equestrian, trainer, and journalist |
| 1948 | Denis Cosgrove, British-American academic and geographer (d. 2008) |
| 1948 | Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designer[page needed] |
| 1948 | Tony Kornheiser, American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter |
| 1948 | Merry Clayton, American singer and actress |
| 1948 | Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada |
| 1948 | Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor |
| 1949 | Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam |
| 1949 | Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic (d. 2016) |
| 1948 | Karol Sikora, English physician and academic |
| 1948 | Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (d. 2011) |
| 1948 | Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer |
| 1948 | John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1948 | James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, Scottish businessman |