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 | Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (d. 1966) |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (d. 2000) |
| 1912 | Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962) |
| 1913 | Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001) |
| 1912 | Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1912 | Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) |
| 1913 | Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) |
| 1912 | Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1912 | Peta Taylor, English cricketer (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958) |
| 1912 | Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 1912 | Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010) |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963) |
| 1912 | Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 2002) |
| 1912 | Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010) |