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 |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Frank Martínez, American soldier and painter (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993) |
| 1924 | Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (d. 1978) |
| 1924 | Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1925 | John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 1989) |
| 1924 | Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 1924 | Charles Keeping, English author and illustrator (d. 1988) |
| 1924 | C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist |
| 1924 | Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (d. 1960) |
| 1924 | Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Gavin Lambert, English-American screenwriter and author (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Sara Northrup Hollister, American occultist (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1924 | Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (d. 2015) |