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 | Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982) |
| 1913 | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001) |
| 1913 | Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999) |
| 1913 | Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1913 | Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1913 | Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (d. 1987) |
| 1912 | Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (d. 1992) |