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
1924 Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)
1924 Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (d. 1999)
1924 Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (d. 2002)
1924 Roberts Blossom, American actor (d. 2011)
1924 Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006)
1924 Ottmar Walter, German footballer (d. 2013)
1924 Tullio Altamura, Italian actor
1924 Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004)
1924 Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014)
1924 Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013)
1924 Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (d. 2014)
1924 Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994)
1924 Bob Christie, American race car driver (d. 2009)
1924 Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic (d. 2020)
1924 Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (d. 2015)
1924 Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1924 Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (d. 1980)
1924 Vincent Canby, American historian and critic (d. 2000)
1924 Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1924 Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 2010)
1924 Oscar Wyatt, American businessman
1924 Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1924 James L. Greenfield, American journalist and politician
1924 Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1924 Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1925 Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (d. 2017)
1924 George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
1924 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019)
1924 Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver and sailor (d. 2012)
1924 Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998)