According to Chinese Astrology, 1900 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1900 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 31 January 1900 and 18 February 1901 are considered born in the Chinese year 1900 and are a Rat sign. In addition, each Rat 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. 1900 is also known as the Year of the Metal Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1900 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (d. 1948) |
| 1900 | Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Basil Bunting, British poet (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Barbara von Annenkoff, Russian-born German film and stage actress (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932) |
| 1900 | Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Percy Chapman, English cricketer (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950) |
| 1900 | Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Andrée Bosquet, Belgian painter (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Shivrampant Damle, Indian educationist (d. 1977) |
| 1900 | Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos (d. 1998) |
| 1900 | Marta Abba, Italian actress (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 1901 | Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1949) |
| 1901 | A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1966)[106] |
| 1900 | Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996) |