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 | Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Robert Horton, American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001) |
| 1925 | Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Curtis Turner, American race car driver (d. 1970) |
| 1924 | Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986) |
| 1924 | Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader |
| 1924 | Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993) |
| 1924 | Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1924 | Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish soldier, engineer, and judge (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Bernard Gauthier, French cyclist (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (d. 1960) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Noland, American soldier and painter (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1924 | Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991) |
| 1924 | James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989) |
| 1924 | Michael Riffaterre, French literary critic and theorist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963) |
| 1924 | Jack Buck, American sportscaster (d. 2002) |