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 | Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986) |
| 1911 | Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1971) |
| 1911 | Henri Troyat, French historian and author (d. 2007) |
| 1911 | Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (d. 1996) |
| 1911 | Paul Zielinski, German footballer (d. 1966) |
| 1912 | Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (d. 2009) |
| 1912 | Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1912 | Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988) |
| 1911 | Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995) |
| 1911 | Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1989) |
| 1911 | Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976) |
| 1911 | Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (d. 2010) |
| 1911 | Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry (d. 1999) |
| 1911 | Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Eva Braun, German wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945) |
| 1911 | Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995) |
| 1911 | Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004) |
| 1911 | Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (d. 1987) |
| 1911 | Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 1911 | Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998) |
| 1911 | Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1911 | Thora Hird, English actress (d. 2003) |
| 1911 | Subroto Mukerjee, Indian Air Marshall, Father of the Indian Air Force (d. 1960) |
| 1912 | R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright (d. 1972) |
| 1911 | Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) |
| 1911 | Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (d. 1975) |
| 1911 | Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000) |
| 1911 | Rupert Weinstabl, Austrian sprint canoeist (d. 1953) |
| 1911 | Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002) |