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 | Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Joseph Friedman, American inventor (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Albert Hawke, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Haskell Curry, American mathematician, logician, and academic (d. 1982) |
| 1901 | Paul Lazarsfeld, Austrian-American sociologist and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (d. 2002) |
| 1900 | Violet Brown, Jamaican supercentenarian, oldest Jamaican ever (d. 2017) |
| 1900 | Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946) |
| 1901 | Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1901 | Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author (d. 1970) |
| 1901 | Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976) |