Born in 1900, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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?
Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1900
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1900. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1900. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2014) |
| 1900 | Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979) |
| 1901 | Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1901 | Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) |
| 1901 | Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938) |
| 1900 | Jessica Dragonette, American singer (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974) |
| 1901 | Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957) |
| 1901 | Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977) |
| 1900 | Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1901 | Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960) |
| 1900 | Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (d. 1985) |