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 | Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978) |
| 1901 | Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Carmen Carbonell, Spanish stage and film actress (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985) |
| 1901 | Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993) |
| 1901 | Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, murdered in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941) |
| 1901 | Art Rooney, American football player, coach and owner (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1900 | Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist, founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (d. 1989) |