Born in 1900, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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?
Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1900
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1900. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1900. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Julien Green, French-American author (d. 1998) |
| 1900 | Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992) |
| 1900 | Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1976) |
| 1901 | A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991) |
| 1900 | Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974) |
| 1900 | Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976) |
| 1900 | Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (d. 1978) |
| 1900 | Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961) |
| 1900 | V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997) |
| 1901 | Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989) |
| 1901 | James Murray, American actor (d. 1936) |
| 1900 | John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010) |
| 1900 | Maria Babanova, Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983) |
| 1900 | Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979) |
| 1900 | Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher (d. 2003) |
| 1900 | Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978) |
| 1901 | Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1900 | Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1939) |
| 1901 | Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1900 | Helen Redfield, American geneticist (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1900 | John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) |
| 1900 | Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943) |
| 1900 | Margret Boveri, German journalist (d. 1975) |
| 1900 | Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1971) |
| 1900 | Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001) |
| 1901 | Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (d. 1971) |