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 | Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994) |
| 1925 | Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Morton Bard, American psychologist (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Roberto Eduardo Viola, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Budge Patty, American tennis player (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Albert Marre, American director, and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971) |
| 1924 | William Russell, English actor |
| 1924 | Nancy Buckingham, English author |
| 1924 | Charles C. Droz, American politician |
| 1924 | Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1924 | Yoshito Takamine, American politician (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Tullio Altamura, Italian actor |
| 1924 | William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Marc Breaux, American actor, director, and choreographer (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Eileen Barton, American singer (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor (d. 1990) |
| 1924 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (d. 2022) |
| 1924 | Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974) |
| 1924 | Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001) |
| 1924 | S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (d. 2016) |