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 | Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Vincent Canby, American historian and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Jean-Luc Pépin, Canadian academic and politician, 19th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1995) |
| 1924 | Florence Stanley, American actress (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer (d. 1992) |
| 1924 | Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, invented Liquid Paper (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | Frank Havens, American canoeist (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Yoshito Takamine, American politician (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 1924 | Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995) |
| 1924 | Amílcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan political leader (d. 1973) |
| 1924 | Wilfred Josephs, English composer (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | George Zuverink, American baseball player (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Morton Bard, American psychologist (d. 1997) |
| 1925 | Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Inez Voyce, American baseball player (d. 2022) |
| 1924 | James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Tullio Altamura, Italian actor |
| 1924 | Peter Safar, Austrian physician and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1925 | Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970) |