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 | Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist |
| 1924 | Karim Olowu, Nigerian sprinter and long jumper (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Frank Bolle, American comic-strip artist, comic-book artist and illustrator (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist |
| 1924 | Roger Marche, French footballer (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Norman Jones, Australian public servant (d. 2022) |
| 1925 | Matthew Beard, American child actor (d. 1981) |
| 1924 | Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player and soldier (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Noland, American soldier and painter (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1924 | Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971) |
| 1924 | Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009) |
| 1925 | Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (d. 2019) |