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 | Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Lucile Godbold, American athlete (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970) |
| 1901 | Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965) |
| 1900 | C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932) |
| 1900 | Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971) |
| 1901 | Brian Donlevy, American actor (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010) |
| 1900 | Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1966)[106] |
| 1900 | Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946) |
| 1900 | Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950) |
| 1900 | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965) |
| 1900 | Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003) |
| 1901 | Cassandre, French painter (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972) |