According to Chinese Astrology, 1903 is the Year of the Rabbit and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1903 are Rabbits. The Chinese Rabbit year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 29 January 1903 and 15 February 1904 are considered born in the Chinese year 1903 and are a Rabbit sign. In addition, each Rabbit 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. 1903 is also known as the Year of the Water Rabbit. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1903 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rabbit?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997) |
| 1903 | Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet (d. 1930) |
| 1903 | Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1950) |
| 1903 | Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman (d. 2010) |
| 1903 | Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960) |
| 1903 | Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1987) |
| 1903 | Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995) |
| 1903 | Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987) |
| 1903 | Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982) |
| 1903 | Marion Aye, American actress (d. 1951) |
| 1903 | Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (d. 1976) |
| 1903 | Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977) |
| 1903 | Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1993) |
| 1903 | Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001) |
| 1903 | Ralph Yarborough, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996) |
| 1903 | Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (d. 1998) |
| 1903 | Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (d. 2002) |
| 1903 | Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1903 | Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d. 1983) |
| 1903 | Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990) |
| 1904 | Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (d. 2006) |
| 1903 | Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator (d. 1969) |
| 1903 | Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (d. 1995)[41] |
| 1904 | MacKinlay Kantor, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977) |
| 1903 | Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1904 | John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1963) |
| 1903 | Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (d. 1989) |
| 1903 | Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (d. 1972) |