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 | Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (d. 1978) |
| 1924 | Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1925 | John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 1925 | Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1924 | Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1924 | Samuel Ruiz, Mexican bishop (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Budge Patty, American tennis player (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Pepper Paire, American baseball player (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Knut Steen, Norwegian-Italian sculptor (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1988) |
| 1924 | Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Hal Douglas, American voice actor (d. 2014) |