Born in 1900, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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?
Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1900
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1900. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1900. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | Barbara von Annenkoff, Russian-born German film and stage actress (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector (d. 1982) |
| 1901 | Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006) |
| 1900 | Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950) |
| 1900 | Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992) |
| 1901 | Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977) |
| 1900 | Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Anna Maurizio, Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Lucile Godbold, American athlete (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1900 | David Marshall Williams, American convicted murderer and firearms designer (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Gerd Arntz, German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001) |
| 1901 | Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979) |
| 1901 | Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1900 | Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977) |