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 | Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998) |
| 1901 | Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946) |
| 1900 | Gerd Arntz, German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (d. 1951) |
| 1900 | Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Marie Byles, Australian solicitor (d. 1979) |
| 1901 | Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | Shivrampant Damle, Indian educationist (d. 1977) |
| 1900 | V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997) |
| 1900 | Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990) |
| 1901 | Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1901 | Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960) |
| 1900 | Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent (d. 2000) |