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 | Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992) |
| 1913 | Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1913 | Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Essie Summers, New Zealand author (d. 1998) |
| 1913 | Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943) |
| 1912 | Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959) |
| 1912 | Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945) |
| 1912 | W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998) |