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 | Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Oskar Loorits, Estonian author and academic (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932) |
| 1900 | Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (d. 1927) |
| 1900 | Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993) |
| 1901 | Brian Donlevy, American actor (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981) |
| 1901 | Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (d. 1939) |
| 1900 | Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1900 | Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989) |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948) |
| 1900 | Barbara von Annenkoff, Russian-born German film and stage actress (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (d. 1948) |