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 | Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator (d. 1984) [7] |
| 1900 | Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and engineer (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1939) |
| 1900 | Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947) |
| 1900 | Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1900 | Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Maria Babanova, Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934) |
| 1900 | John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan (d. 1983) |
| 1901 | Mildred Dunnock, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943) |