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 | George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Angela Maria Autsch, German nun, murdered in Auschwitz helping Jewish prisoners (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980) |
| 1901 | A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan (d. 1969) |
| 1900 | Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2014) |
| 1900 | Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator (d. 1984) [7] |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (d. 1941) |
| 1901 | Willy Fritsch, German actor (d. 1973) |
| 1901 | Brian Donlevy, American actor (d. 1972) |
| 1900 | Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (d. 1962) |
| 1900 | Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987) |
| 1901 | Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Albert Hawke, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979) |
| 1901 | Mildred Dunnock, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Percy Chapman, English cricketer (d. 1961) |