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 | Lucile Godbold, American athlete (d. 1981) |
| 1901 | Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960) |
| 1900 | Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Ted Lyons, American baseball player (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978) |
| 1901 | Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Charley Paddock, American sprinter (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932) |
| 1900 | Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist and ballet dancer (d. 1948) |
| 1900 | Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Margret Boveri, German journalist (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990) |
| 1901 | Stella Adler, American actress and educator (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993) |