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?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1913 | Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) |
| 1913 | Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1913 | Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1913 | Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996) |