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 | Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2001 or 2010) |
| 1912 | Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Alfred Klingler, German field handballer |
| 1912 | Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1913 | Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Karl Adam, German rowing coach (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980) |