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 |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972) |
| 1913 | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1913 | W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1912 | Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |