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 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (d. 1994) |
| 1900 | Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006) |
| 1900 | Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Gerd Arntz, German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Blanche Noyes, American aviator, winner of the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race (d. 1981) |
| 1901 | Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1900 | Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Jessica Dragonette, American singer (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (d. 1989) |
| 1901 | Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946) |
| 1900 | Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974) |
| 1901 | Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970) |
| 1901 | Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | June Walker, American stage and film actress (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Bill Stone, English soldier (d. 2009) |
| 1900 | Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1900 | William Spratling, American-Mexican silversmith and educator (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990) |