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 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1913 | Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | William Lederer, American soldier and author (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (d. 1970) |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999) |