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 | Turgut Cansever, Turkish architect, city planner, and thinker (d. 2009) |
| 1922 | Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (d. 1996) |
| 1921 | Muriel Pavlow, English actress (d. 2019) |
| 1921 | Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1921 | Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986) |
| 1921 | Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1922 | Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic (d. 1987) |
| 1921 | Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer and educator (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator (d. 1943) |
| 1921 | Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Bill Willis, American football player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Otto Graham, American football player and coach (d. 2003) |
| 1921 | Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Arlin Adams, American lawyer and judge (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (d. 2001) |
| 1921 | Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Arthur Johnson, Canadian canoeist (d. 2003) |
| 1921 | Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Seretse Khama, Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (d. 1980) |
| 1921 | Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1970) |
| 1922 | Gil Merrick, English footballer (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) |
| 1921 | Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014) |