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 |
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| 1912 | Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Glenn Morris, American decathlete (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1988) |
| 1913 | Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter (d. 1960) |
| 1912 | Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (d. 2001) |