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 | Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946) |
| 1900 | Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969) |
| 1900 | Ruth Norman, American religious leader (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Maria Babanova, Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Luis Arturo González López, Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (d. 1965) |
| 1900 | Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan (d. 1969) |
| 1900 | Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1901 | Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965) |
| 1900 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | William Stevenson, American track and fielder (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (d. 1962) |
| 1900 | Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980) |