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 | Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (d. 1986) |
| 1900 | Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1987) |
| 1901 | Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, former First Lady of Cuba (d. 1993) |
| 1900 | Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990) |
| 1900 | Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1949) |
| 1900 | August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989) |
| 1900 | Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965) |
| 1901 | Art Rooney, American football player, coach and owner (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962) |
| 1900 | Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964) |
| 1900 | Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958) |
| 1900 | Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996) |
| 1901 | Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989) |
| 1901 | Cassandre, French painter (d. 1968) |
| 1900 | Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974) |
| 1901 | Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, ninth President of Cuba (d. 1973) |
| 1901 | Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer (d. 1941) |
| 1900 | Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (d. 1938) |
| 1900 | Maria Bard, German stage and silent film actress (d. 1944) |
| 1901 | Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965) |