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 | Elizabeth Peratrovich, Alaskan-American civil rights activist (d. 1958) |
| 1911 | Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1911 | Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (d. 1973) |
| 1911 | Kick Smit, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1974) |
| 1911 | Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967) |
| 1911 | Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1995) |
| 1912 | Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989) |
| 1911 | Betty Robinson, American sprinter (d. 1999) |
| 1911 | E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977) |
| 1911 | Paul Zielinski, German footballer (d. 1966) |
| 1911 | Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1911 | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (d. 1996) |
| 1911 | Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985) |
| 1911 | Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005) |
| 1911 | Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress (d. 1979) |
| 1911 | Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1911 | Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1999) |
| 1911 | Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1994) |
| 1912 | Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (d. 2007) |
| 1911 | Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricketer (d. 1990) |
| 1911 | Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d. 2005) |
| 1911 | Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet and author (d. 1938) |
| 1911 | Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990) |
| 1911 | Freddie Green, American guitarist (d. 1987) |
| 1911 | Joe McCluskey, American runner (d. 2002) |
| 1911 | Nagarjun, Indian poet (d. 1998) |
| 1911 | Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999) |
| 1911 | Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) |
| 1911 | Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007) |
| 1911 | Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichord player and musicologist (d. 1984) |