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 | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1913 | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1913 | Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003) |
| 1913 | Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1913 | Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) |
| 1913 | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003) |