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 | Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997) |
| 1921 | John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2001) |
| 1921 | Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960) |
| 1921 | Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (d. 1971) |
| 1921 | Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001) |
| 1921 | Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (d. 1978) |
| 1921 | Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (d. 1998) |
| 1921 | Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (d. 1984) |
| 1921 | Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and broadcaster (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004) |
| 1921 | Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet and playwright (d. 1995) |
| 1921 | Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995) |
| 1921 | Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971) |
| 1921 | Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (d. 2021) |
| 1921 | Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996) |
| 1921 | Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Terence Cooke, American cardinal (d. 1983) |
| 1921 | John McHale, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986) |
| 1921 | Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (d. 1987) |