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 | Jack T. Chick, American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Budge Patty, American tennis player (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Bonnie Lou, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | György Lázár, Hungarian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014) |
| 1925 | Jill Balcon, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Patricia Helen Kennedy, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Morton Bard, American psychologist (d. 1997) |
| 1925 | Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1924 | Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1925 | Bobby Young, American baseball player (d. 1985) |
| 1924 | Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1924 | Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963) |
| 1924 | Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Dennis Brutus, South African journalist, poet, and academic (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Marlon Brando, American actor and director (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013) |