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 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Otto Ernst Remer, German general (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Otto Kretschmer, German admiral (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007) |
| 1913 | Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1913 | Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1912 | Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (d. 2014) |
| 1912 | Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003) |