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 | Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977) |
| 1913 | Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1913 | Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1913 | Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1912 | Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Meldrim Thomson Jr., American publisher and politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist (d. 1965) |
| 1912 | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1912 | Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1913 | Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004) |