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 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962) |
| 1912 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) |