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 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher (d. 2019) |
| 1912 | Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Jacques Hélian, French bandleader (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968) |
| 1912 | Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |