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 | Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Alfred Klingler, German field handballer |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995) |