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 | Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974) |
| 1901 | Cassandre, French painter (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach (d. 1967) |
| 1901 | Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1900 | Jessica Dragonette, American singer (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1987) |
| 1901 | Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943) |
| 1901 | Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and engineer (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist (d. 1941) |