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 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959) |
| 1912 | Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | George O. Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |