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 | Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos (d. 1998) |
| 1901 | Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Lucile Godbold, American athlete (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010) |
| 1900 | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947) |
| 1900 | Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) |
| 1901 | Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1901 | Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965) |
| 1900 | Charley Paddock, American sprinter (d. 1943) |
| 1901 | Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Helen Redfield, American geneticist (d. 1988) |
| 1901 | Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933) |