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 | Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965) |
| 1901 | Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011) |
| 1900 | Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (d. 1989) |
| 1901 | Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1939) |
| 1900 | Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (d. 1991) |
| 1901 | Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist, founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007) |
| 1901 | Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Hermína Týrlová, Czechoslovakian animator, screenwriter, and film director (d. 1993) |
| 1901 | Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965) |
| 1900 | Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (d. 1978) |
| 1901 | Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |