According to Chinese Astrology, 1911 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1911 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 30 January 1911 and 17 February 1912 are considered born in the Chinese year 1911 and are a Pig sign. In addition, each Pig 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. 1911 is also known as the Year of the Metal Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1911 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Pig?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1911 | Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985) |
| 1911 | Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1974) |
| 1911 | Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (d. 2010) |
| 1911 | Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian modern poet, journalist and author (d. 1987) |
| 1911 | Nagarjun, Indian poet (d. 1998) |
| 1911 | Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (d. 1968) |
| 1912 | Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (d. 1990) |
| 1911 | Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947) |
| 1911 | Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (d. 1987) |
| 1911 | Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (d. 1965) |
| 1911 | Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010) |
| 1911 | Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (d. 2006) |
| 1911 | Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009) |
| 1911 | Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1911 | Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014) |
| 1911 | Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1982) |
| 1912 | Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988) |
| 1911 | Charles Deutsch, French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "DB (d. 1980) |
| 1911 | Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1995) |
| 1911 | Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1971) |
| 1911 | Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989) |
| 1911 | Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1911 | Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (d. 1972) |
| 1911 | José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator (d. 1985) |
| 1911 | Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990) |
| 1911 | Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967) |
| 1911 | Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (d. 1987) |
| 1911 | Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1911 | Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003) |
| 1911 | Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (d. 1981) |