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 Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)
1924 Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1972)
1924 Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 2015)
1924 Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (d. 1994)
1924 Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1924 Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
1924 Inez Voyce, American baseball player (d. 2022)
1924 Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
1924 Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (d. 1998)
1924 Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)
1924 Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1924 Grace Metalious, American author (d. 1964)
1924 James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1924 Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist (d. 2022)
1924 Marlon Brando, American actor and director (d. 2004)
1924 Clement Freud, German-English radio host, academic, and politician (d. 2009)
1924 Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (d. 1957)
1924 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019)
1925 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)
1924 Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)
1924 Nancy Buckingham, English author
1924 Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor (d. 2012)
1924 Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018)
1924 Margaret Truman, American singer and author (d. 2008)
1925 Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor
1925 Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013)
1924 Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (d. 2018)
1924 Karim Olowu, Nigerian sprinter and long jumper (d. 2019)
1924 Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (d. 1978)
1924 Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (d. 2015)