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 | Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1901 | Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1900 | Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (d. 1927) |
| 1900 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948) |
| 1901 | Cassandre, French painter (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Maria Babanova, Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950) |
| 1900 | Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Pauline A. Young, American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (d. 1978) |