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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1913 | Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Essie Summers, New Zealand author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997) |