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 |
|---|---|
| 1901 | Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1966)[106] |
| 1900 | Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Martin Bormann, German politician (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945) |
| 1901 | Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (d. 1933) |
| 1900 | Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | June Walker, American stage and film actress (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Julien Green, French-American author (d. 1998) |
| 1900 | Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998) |
| 1900 | Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director (d. 1971) |
| 1901 | Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983) |