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 | Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998) |
| 1900 | Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic (d. 1976) |
| 1901 | Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1900 | Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003) |
| 1900 | Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Helen Bradley, English painter (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933) |
| 1901 | Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942) |
| 1900 | Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947) |
| 1900 | Gerald Marks, American composer (d. 1997) |
| 1900 | Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner (d. 1941) |
| 1901 | Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973) |