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 |
|---|---|
| 1921 | Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 1921 | Robert Everett, American computer scientist (d. 2018) |
| 1921 | Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (d. 2013) |
| 1922 | Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | John McHale, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2021) |
| 1921 | Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet and playwright (d. 1995) |
| 1921 | Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1921 | Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1999) |
| 1921 | Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (d. 2021) |
| 1921 | Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991) |
| 1921 | Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997) |
| 1921 | Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (d. 2018) |
| 1921 | Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (d. 1955) |
| 1921 | Warren Allen Smith, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986) |
| 1921 | Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | James Cross, Irish-British diplomat (d. 2021) |
| 1922 | Predrag Vranicki, Croatian Marxist humanist (d. 2002) |
| 1921 | Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991) |
| 1921 | Luis GarcĂa Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (d. 2005) |