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 | Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | Carl Betz, American actor (d. 1978) |
| 1921 | Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1994) |
| 1921 | John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1921 | Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 1921 | Paul Findley, American politician (d. 2019) |
| 1921 | Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1921 | Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985) |
| 1921 | Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Michael I of Romania (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Barbara Perry, American actress (d. 2019) |
| 1921 | Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977) |
| 1921 | Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995) |
| 1921 | Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1921 | Will Elder, American illustrator (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2017) |
| 1921 | Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (d. 2020) |
| 1921 | Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994) |
| 1922 | Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Radovan Ivšić, Croatian writer (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Brian Cleeve, Irish sailor, author, and playwright (d. 2003) |
| 1921 | Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1921 | Stanisław Lem, Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006) |