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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Florence Stanley, American actress (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (d. 2015) |
| 1925 | Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (d. 1972) |
| 1924 | Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish triple jumper and educator (d. 2001) |
| 1924 | Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1924 | Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1925 | Jill Balcon, English actress (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Charles Keeping, English author and illustrator (d. 1988) |
| 1924 | Frank Bolle, American comic-strip artist, comic-book artist and illustrator (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987) |
| 1924 | Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 1924 | Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Leon Uris, American soldier and author (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Noland, American soldier and painter (d. 2010) |