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 | Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Marta Abba, Italian actress (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990) |
| 1901 | Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Marie Byles, Australian solicitor (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet and author (d. 1977) |
| 1900 | Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2014) |
| 1900 | Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist (d. 1963) |
| 1900 | Joseph Friedman, American inventor (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1901 | Cassandre, French painter (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985) |
| 1901 | Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (d. 1996) |
| 1901 | Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Blanche Noyes, American aviator, winner of the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Pauline A. Young, American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965) |