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 | Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948) |
| 1900 | Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006) |
| 1900 | Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969) |
| 1900 | Maria Babanova, Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera (d. 1966) |
| 1901 | Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (d. 1968) |
| 1901 | Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1900 | Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003) |
| 1900 | Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | Anna Seghers, German author and politician (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Helen Redfield, American geneticist (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (d. 1975) |