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 | Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999) |
| 1901 | Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (d. 1939) |
| 1900 | Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2014) |
| 1901 | Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932) |
| 1900 | Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932) |
| 1900 | Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947) |
| 1900 | James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | June Walker, American stage and film actress (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (d. 1973) |