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 | Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990) |
| 1913 | Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (d. 2008) |
| 1912 | Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1913 | Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1912 | Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004) |
| 1913 | Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008) |
| 1913 | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | David Brower, American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972) |
| 1912 | Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992) |
| 1912 | Sally Kirkland, American journalist (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971) |
| 1912 | Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Glenn Morris, American decathlete (d. 1974) |
| 1912 | Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 (d. 1978) |
| 1912 | Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000) |