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 | Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962) |
| 1912 | Herb Narvo, Australian rugby league player, coach, and boxer (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Per Imerslund, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Carlos "Botong" Francisco, Filipino painter (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018) |
| 1912 | Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991) |