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 | Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995) |
| 1911 | Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor (d. 2001) |
| 1911 | Ken Farnes, English cricketer (d. 1941) |
| 1911 | Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1912 | Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1996) |
| 1911 | Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1974) |
| 1911 | Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996) |
| 1911 | Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963) |
| 1911 | Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1996) |
| 1911 | William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993) |
| 1911 | Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999) |
| 1911 | Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (d. 2005) |
| 1912 | Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956) |
| 1911 | Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (d. 1987) |
| 1911 | Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992) |
| 1911 | Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995) |
| 1911 | Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (d. 1989) |
| 1911 | Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (d. 1969) |
| 1911 | Gustave Gilbert, American psychologist (d. 1977) |
| 1912 | José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (d. 1992) |
| 1911 | Herta Oberheuser, German physician (d. 1978) |
| 1911 | Charles Court, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (d. 2007) |
| 1911 | Otto von Bülow, German commander (d. 2006) |
| 1911 | Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993) |
| 1911 | Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (d. 1984) |
| 1911 | Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian (d. 1998) |
| 1912 | Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (d. 1993) |
| 1911 | Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004) |
| 1911 | Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (d. 1998) |