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 | Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1999) |
| 1921 | Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003) |
| 1921 | Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016) |
| 1921 | Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1921 | Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (d. 1998) |
| 1921 | Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (d. 1965) |
| 1921 | Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003) |
| 1921 | Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984) |
| 1922 | Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (d. 1993) |
| 1921 | Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) |
| 1921 | Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (d. 2021) |
| 1921 | Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Mary Jackson, African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Valli Lember-Bogatkina (d. 2016) |
| 1921 | Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960) |
| 1921 | André Moynet, French soldier, race car driver, and politician (d. 1993) |
| 1921 | Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | Richard Wilbur, American poet, translator, and essayist (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1922 | Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | František Zvarík, Slovak actor (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992) |
| 1921 | Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995) |
| 1921 | Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000) |
| 1921 | Louis Frémaux, French conductor (d. 2017) |