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 | Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1900 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955) |
| 1900 | Anna Maurizio, Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950) |
| 1901 | A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actress, and writer (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938) |
| 1900 | Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933) |
| 1900 | Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998) |
| 1901 | Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Helen Bradley, English painter (d. 1979) |
| 1901 | Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Maria Bard, German stage and silent film actress (d. 1944) |
| 1901 | Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986) |
| 1901 | Art Rooney, American football player, coach and owner (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Charley Paddock, American sprinter (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010) |