According to Chinese Astrology, 1921 is the Year of the Rooster and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1921 are Roosters. The Chinese Rooster year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1921 and 27 January 1922 are considered born in the Chinese year 1921 and are a Rooster sign. In addition, each Rooster 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. 1921 is also known as the Year of the Metal Rooster. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1921 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rooster?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | Joe Fulks, American basketball player (d. 1976) |
| 1921 | Radovan Ivšić, Croatian writer (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and coach (d. 2006) |
| 1922 | Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | Louis Frémaux, French conductor (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Barbara Perry, American actress (d. 2019) |
| 1921 | Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955) |
| 1921 | Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993) |
| 1921 | John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989) |
| 1921 | Mary Jackson, African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Otto Graham, American football player and coach (d. 2003) |
| 1921 | Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga |
| 1921 | John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (d. 1998) |
| 1921 | András Szennay, Hungarian priest (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1921 | Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1978) |
| 1921 | Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor (d. 2016) |
| 1921 | Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977) |