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 | Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Marie Byles, Australian solicitor (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Helen Bradley, English painter (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934) |
| 1900 | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher (d. 2003) |
| 1900 | Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | William Spratling, American-Mexican silversmith and educator (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (d. 1939) |
| 1901 | Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960) |
| 1900 | Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1901 | Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010) |
| 1900 | Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1966)[106] |
| 1900 | Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998) |
| 1900 | Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2014) |
| 1900 | Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Gerald Marks, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1901 | Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973) |