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 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1913 | Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |