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 | Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Carlos "Botong" Francisco, Filipino painter (d. 1969) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988) |
| 1912 | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1912 | Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (d. 1995) |
| 1913 | Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | George Emmett, English cricketer and coach (d. 1976) |
| 1912 | Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1912 | Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975) |
| 1912 | Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986) |
| 1912 | Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1913 | Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 | June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010) |