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 | Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018) |
| 1912 | Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Janis, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |