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 | Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1912 | Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1911 | Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1911 | Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (d. 1974) |
| 1911 | Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993) |
| 1912 | Ginette Leclerc, French actress (d. 1992) |
| 1911 | Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (d. 2003) |
| 1912 | Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968) |
| 1911 | Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005) |
| 1911 | Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (d. 2017) |
| 1912 | Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (d. 1981) |
| 1912 | Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1994) |
| 1911 | Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009) |
| 1911 | Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess player and author (d. 1992) |
| 1911 | Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000) |
| 1911 | Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960) |
| 1912 | Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (d. 2020) |
| 1911 | John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2002) |
| 1911 | Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (d. 2001) |
| 1911 | Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (d. 2010) |
| 1911 | Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989) |
| 1912 | Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (d. 2005) |
| 1911 | Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2011) |
| 1911 | Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player (d. 2014) |
| 1911 | Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1911 | L. Ron Hubbard, American author (d. 1986) |
| 1911 | Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992) |
| 1911 | Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1989) |
| 1911 | Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013) |