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 | Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996) |
| 1900 | Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Albert Hawke, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004) |
| 1901 | Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1901 | Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987) |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1900 | Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001) |
| 1900 | Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957) |
| 1900 | Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1939) |
| 1900 | Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010) |
| 1900 | Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1937) |
| 1900 | Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969) |
| 1900 | Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera (d. 1966) |
| 1900 | Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor (d. 1944) |
| 1900 | Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (d. 1988) |