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 | Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Cicely Tyson, American actress (d. 2021) |
| 1924 | Leon Uris, American soldier and author (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007) |
| 1924 | Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981) |
| 1924 | John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999) |
| 1924 | Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Jack Buck, American sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1924 | Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016) |
| 1924 | Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1924 | Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1924 | Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, English philosopher, and academic (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Inez Voyce, American baseball player (d. 2022) |
| 1924 | Gavin Lambert, English-American screenwriter and author (d. 2005) |
| 1924 | Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (d. 2003) |
| 1924 | Dmitry Yazov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 2020) |
| 1924 | Samuel Ruiz, Mexican bishop (d. 2011) |
| 1924 | Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016) |
| 1925 | Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor |
| 1924 | Luigi Musso, Italian race car driver (d. 1958) |
| 1924 | Hal Douglas, American voice actor (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Warren Miller, American director and screenwriter (d. 2018) |
| 1924 | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015) |
| 1924 | Bill Boedeker, American football player (d. 2014) |
| 1924 | Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011) |