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 | Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1924 | Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987) |
| 1924 | Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Philip H. Hoff, American politician (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (d. 2012) |
| 1925 | Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989) |
| 1924 | Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist |
| 1924 | Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist, writer and author (d. 2022) |
| 1924 | Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Colin Turnbull, English-American anthropologist and author (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic |
| 1924 | Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Roy Walford, American pathologist and gerontologist (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Albert Marre, American director, and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1924 | John T. Biggers, American painter (d. 2001) |