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 | Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (d. 1983) |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947) |
| 1900 | Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977) |
| 1900 | Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Gerald Marks, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1901 | Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Margret Boveri, German journalist (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001) |
| 1901 | Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (d. 1969) |
| 1900 | Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | George Lennon, Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (d. 1991) |