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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Rat?
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 | Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Karim Olowu, Nigerian sprinter and long jumper (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader |
| 1924 | Arthur Clues, Australian rugby league player (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Mary Ellen Estill. American mathematician (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist, writer and author (d. 2022) |
| 1924 | Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Voula Zouboulaki, Egyptian-Greek actress (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963) |
| 1924 | Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | William J. Castagna, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist |
| 1924 | Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |