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 | Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Wilfred Josephs, English composer (d. 1997) |
| 1924 | Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (d. 1978) |
| 1925 | Charles Aidman, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1924 | Theodore Mann, American director and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987) |
| 1924 | Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990) |
| 1924 | Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1924 | Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Jack Buck, American sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | Shirley Chisholm, American activist, educator and politician (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, South Korean archbishop |
| 1924 | Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1993) |
| 1924 | Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist |
| 1924 | Jin Yong, Hong Kong author and publisher, founded Ming Pao (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (d. 1976) |
| 1924 | Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (d. 1991) |
| 1924 | Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (d. 2004) |
| 1925 | Rosemary Murphy, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Georges Rivière, French actor |
| 1924 | Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Russell M. Nelson, American captain, surgeon, and religious leader |