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 | John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008) |
| 1924 | Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Ray Wetzel, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1951) |
| 1924 | Roy Bentley, English footballer (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1965) |
| 1924 | Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player and soldier (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (d. 1975) |
| 1924 | Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Theodore Mann, American director and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Gary Morton, American comedian and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984) |
| 1924 | William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Arthur Brittenden, English journalist (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic |
| 1924 | David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player and theoretician (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Florence Stanley, American actress (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011) |