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 | Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1901 | Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960) |
| 1900 | Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984) |
| 1901 | Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (d. 1993) |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2014) |
| 1900 | Lucile Godbold, American athlete (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (d. 1967) |
| 1900 | Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Joseph Friedman, American inventor (d. 1982) |
| 1900 | Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (d. 1954) |
| 1901 | Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1994) |
| 1901 | Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999) |