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 | Robert Horton, American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001) |
| 1925 | Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Rupert Deese, Northern Mariana Islander ceramic artist (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, invented Liquid Paper (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945) |
| 1924 | Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, South Korean archbishop |
| 1924 | Theodore Mann, American director and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) |