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 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, Governor of Texas (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician (d. 1968) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (d. 2009) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |