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 | Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer and director (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Faith Domergue, American actress (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Budge Patty, American tennis player (d. 2021) |
| 1925 | Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist |
| 1924 | Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972) |
| 1924 | Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Frank Martínez, American soldier and painter (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1925 | Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Charles Keeping, English author and illustrator (d. 1988) |
| 1924 | Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Rupert Deese, Northern Mariana Islander ceramic artist (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (d. 1995) |
| 1924 | Jean-Luc Pépin, Canadian academic and politician, 19th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1995) |
| 1925 | Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989) |
| 1924 | Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist |