According to Chinese Astrology, 1924 is the Year of the Rat and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1924 are Rats. The Chinese Rat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 5 February 1924 and 24 January 1925 are considered born in the Chinese year 1924 and are a Rat sign. In addition, each Rat 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. 1924 is also known as the Year of the Wood Rat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1924 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (d. 2017) |
| 1925 | Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Marc Breaux, American actor, director, and choreographer (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017) |
| 1925 | Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970) |
| 1924 | Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995) |
| 1924 | Marianne Bernadotte, Swedish actress and philanthropist |
| 1924 | Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971) |
| 1924 | Arnie Risen, American basketball player (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | John Davidson, American physician and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Joan Aiken, English author (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Theodore Mann, American director and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1924 | John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Christopher Booth, English clinician and historian (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Bonnie Lou, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988) |
| 1924 | Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2004) |