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 | Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946) |
| 1900 | Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | Gerd Arntz, German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (d. 1988) |
| 1901 | Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002) |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1900 | Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (d. 1933) |
| 1901 | Mildred Dunnock, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933) |
| 1900 | Oskar Loorits, Estonian author and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955) |
| 1900 | Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966) |