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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| 1913 | Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979) |
| 1913 | Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher (d. 2019) |
| 1912 | Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007) |