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 |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (d. 1972) |
| 1924 | Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Eileen Barton, American singer (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1924 | Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1924 | Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Peter Safar, Austrian physician and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | William J. Castagna, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid leader, lawyer, and Ambassador (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1924 | Robert Horton, American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Frank Corsaro, American actor and director (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Lola Albright, American actress and singer (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Max Trepp, Swiss sprinter (d. 1990) |
| 1924 | Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) |