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 | Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014) |
| 1925 | Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973) |
| 1924 | Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 1924 | Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Colin Turnbull, English-American anthropologist and author (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989) |
| 1924 | György Lázár, Hungarian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer (d. 2009) |
| 1924 | Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004) |
| 1925 | Len Quested, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1924 | Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994) |
| 1924 | Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013) |
| 1924 | Vincent Canby, American historian and critic (d. 2000) |
| 1924 | Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Georges Rivière, French actor |
| 1924 | Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | James L. Greenfield, American journalist and politician |
| 1924 | William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1924 | Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Henk Vredeling, Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Martha Hyer, American actress (d. 2014) |