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 | Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1921 | Paul Findley, American politician (d. 2019) |
| 1921 | Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993) |
| 1921 | Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Warren Allen Smith, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998) |
| 1921 | Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1921 | Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987) |
| 1921 | S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) |
| 1921 | Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (d. 2021) |
| 1921 | Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Billy Mauch, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1922 | Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Mary Jackson, African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (d. 2005) |
| 1922 | Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic (d. 1987) |
| 1921 | A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (d. 2022) |
| 1921 | Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (d. 1992) |
| 1921 | Leon Henkin, American logician (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Sixto Durán Ballén, American-Ecuadorian architect and politician, 48th President of Ecuador (d. 2016) |
| 1921 | Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer (d. 2007) |
| 1922 | Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 2016) |