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 | Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (d. 1980) |
| 1924 | Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010) |
| 1924 | J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963) |
| 1924 | Edmund Purdom, British-Italian actor (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Raymond Barre, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1925 | Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977) |
| 1924 | Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1924 | Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957) |
| 1924 | César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Donald Richie, American-Japanese author and critic (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic |
| 1924 | Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971) |
| 1924 | Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Addie L. Wyatt, American civil rights activist and labor leader (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996) |