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 | Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1913 | Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Willie Hall, English international footballer (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962) |
| 1912 | Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994) |