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 | Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986) |
| 1921 | Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981) |
| 1921 | Donald Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1967) |
| 1921 | Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1921 | Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016) |
| 1921 | J. James Exon, American soldier and politician, 33rd Governor of Nebraska (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma (d. 2020) |
| 1921 | Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1921 | Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984) |
| 1921 | Billy Mauch, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989) |
| 1921 | Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (d. 2020) |
| 1921 | Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991) |
| 1922 | Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | Bill Willis, American football player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992) |
| 1921 | Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author (d. 2001) |
| 1921 | Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout (d. 1998) |
| 1922 | Dale D. Myers, American engineer (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1921 | Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (d. 2018) |
| 1921 | John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (d. 2014) |