According to Chinese Astrology, 1920 is the Year of the Monkey and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1920 are Monkeys. The Chinese Monkey year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 20 February 1920 and 7 February 1921 are considered born in the Chinese year 1920 and are a Monkey sign. In addition, each Monkey 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. 1920 is also known as the Year of the Metal Monkey. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1920 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Monkey?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Paul Celan, Romanian-French poet and translator (d. 1970) |
| 1920 | Paul Gonsalves, American saxophonist (d. 1974) |
| 1921 | Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (d. 2006) |
| 1920 | Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1920 | Paddy Finucane, Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (d. 1942) |
| 1920 | Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (d. 2015) |
| 1920 | Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000) |
| 1920 | Clarke Fraser, American-Canadian geneticist and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1921 | Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (d. 2016) |
| 1920 | Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer (d. 2016) |
| 1920 | George P. Shultz, American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State (d. 2021)[31] |
| 1920 | Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996) |
| 1920 | John Willem Gran, Swedish bishop (d. 2008) |
| 1920 | Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (d. 2007) |
| 1920 | Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013) |
| 1920 | Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author (d. 2007) |
| 1920 | Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005) |
| 1920 | Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012) |
| 1920 | Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (d. 2011) |
| 1920 | Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (d. 1956) |
| 1920 | Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2018) |
| 1920 | Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1920 | Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (d. 2012) |
| 1920 | Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000) |
| 1920 | Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (d. 1994) |
| 1920 | Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player (d. 2012) |
| 1920 | Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2019) |
| 1920 | Constance Dowling, American model and actress (d. 1969) |
| 1921 | Carol Channing, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2019) |
| 1920 | Rolf Huisgen, German chemist and academic (d. 2020) |