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 | Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968) |
| 1912 | Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953) |
| 1912 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1913 | Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Per Imerslund, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) |