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 | Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Glenn Morris, American decathlete (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Jacques Hélian, French bandleader (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) |