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) |