Born in 1924, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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.
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Famous people from the Year of the Rat and 1924
Famous People Born in the Year of the Rat and Chinese Year 1924. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Rat 1924. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1924 | Sylvia Miles, American actress (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | Charles Keeping, English author and illustrator (d. 1988) |
| 1924 | Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (d. 2021) |
| 1925 | Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (d. 2017) |
| 1925 | Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Samuel Ruiz, Mexican bishop (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, invented Liquid Paper (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (d. 1957) |
| 1924 | James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and historian (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Eva Marie Saint, American actress |
| 1924 | Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | István Nyers, French-Hungarian footballer (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995) |
| 1925 | Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Ed Koch, American politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (d. 1975) |