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 | Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (d. 2001) |
| 1921 | Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and coach (d. 2006) |
| 1921 | John Horsley, English actor (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (d. 2009) |
| 1921 | Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (d. 2001) |
| 1921 | Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (d. 2010) |
| 1921 | Ernest Angley, American evangelist and author (d. 2021) |
| 1921 | James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999) |
| 1921 | Harald Quandt, German businessman (d. 1967) |
| 1921 | Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) |
| 1922 | Don Mankiewicz, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1921 | John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979) |
| 1921 | Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998) |
| 1921 | Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (d. 1983) |
| 1921 | Alan Hale Jr., American actor and restaurateur (d. 1990) |
| 1921 | Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943) |
| 1921 | LeRoy Neiman, American painter (d. 2012) |
| 1921 | Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (d. 2001) |
| 1921 | Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011) |
| 1922 | Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994) |