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 | Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1912 | René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954) |
| 1912 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011) |
| 1913 | Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1913 | Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1988) |