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 | Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Gotthard Günther, German philosopher and academic (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (d. 1996) |
| 1901 | Mildred Dunnock, American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984) |
| 1900 | Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004) |
| 1900 | Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006) |
| 1901 | Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, former First Lady of Cuba (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954) |
| 1900 | Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1939) |
| 1901 | Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher (d. 2003) |
| 1900 | Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1900 | Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer (d. 1962) |
| 1900 | Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983) |