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 | Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1913 | Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002) |