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 |
|---|---|
| 1912 | John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1912 | Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Carlos "Botong" Francisco, Filipino painter (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1913 | Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Karl Adam, German rowing coach (d. 1976) |