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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| 1925 | Nina Bawden, English author (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (d. 1984) |
| 1924 | Gogi Grant, American singer (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Margaret Truman, American singer and author (d. 2008) |
| 1924 | Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1924 | Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (d. 2006) |
| 1925 | Len Quested, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Margaret Turner-Warwick, English physician and academic (d. 2017) |
| 1925 | Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990) |
| 1924 | Gavin Lambert, English-American screenwriter and author (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Amílcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan political leader (d. 1973) |
| 1924 | Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator (d. 2022) |
| 1924 | Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977) |
| 1924 | J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963) |
| 1924 | Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Karen Harup, Danish swimmer (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945) |
| 1924 | Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008) |
| 1924 | Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1972) |
| 1924 | Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987) |
| 1924 | Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010) |