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 | John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010) |
| 1925 | Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957) |
| 1924 | Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Johnny Gilbert, American game show host and announcer |
| 1925 | Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer (d. 2022) |
| 1924 | Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Arthur Shaw, English professional footballer (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Gazanfer Bilge, Turkish wrestler (d. 2008) |
| 1924 | Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1924 | Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Budge Patty, American tennis player (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Bonnie Lou, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Oscar Wyatt, American businessman |
| 1924 | Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemist and engineer (d. 1988) |
| 1924 | Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1924 | Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) |