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 | Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955) |
| 1912 | Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | George O. Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Willie Hall, English international footballer (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1913 | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1913 | Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011) |