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 | 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) |