According to Chinese Astrology, 1919 is the Year of the Goat and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1919 are Goats. The Chinese Goat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 1 February 1919 and 19 February 1920 are considered born in the Chinese year 1919 and are a Goat sign. In addition, each Goat 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. 1919 is also known as the Year of the Earth Goat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1919 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Goat?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Siegfried Buback, German lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977) |
| 1919 | Henri Tajfel, Polish social psychologist (d. 1982) |
| 1919 | Ian Smith, Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Ray Dowker, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (d. 2010) |
| 1919 | Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013) |
| 1920 | Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry (d. 1992) |
| 1919 | Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999) |
| 1920 | Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015) |
| 1919 | Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot (d. 2004) |
| 1920 | Rolande Falcinelli, French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue (d. 2006) |
| 1920 | C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (d. 2003) |
| 1920 | Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007) |
| 1920 | Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1919 | Marge Champion, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2020) |
| 1920 | Curt Swan, American illustrator (d. 1996) |
| 1919 | Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993) |
| 1919 | Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer (d. 1989) |
| 1919 | Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1919 | Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017) |
| 1920 | George Rose, English actor and singer (d. 1988) |
| 1920 | Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1919 | Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1998) |
| 1919 | Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012) |
| 1920 | Paul Gayten, American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive (d. 1991) |
| 1919 | Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher (d. 1999) |
| 1919 | Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (d. 1976) |
| 1919 | Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director (d. 2006) |