According to Chinese Astrology, 1943 is the Year of the Goat and it is the Water element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1943 are Goats. The Chinese Goat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 5 February 1943 and 24 January 1944 are considered born in the Chinese year 1943 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. 1943 is also known as the Year of the Water Goat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1943 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Goat?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Don Fardon, English pop singer |
| 1943 | Ben Kingsley, English actor |
| 1943 | Mike Curtis, American football player and coach (d. 2020) |
| 1943 | Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician |
| 1943 | Salvatore Adamo, Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter |
| 1943 | Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer |
| 1943 | Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic |
| 1944 | Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist |
| 1944 | Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1943 | John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State |
| 1943 | Paul Samwell-Smith, English bass player and producer |
| 1943 | Bob McNab, English footballer |
| 1943 | Joseph Franklin Ada, Guamanian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Guam |
| 1943 | Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician |
| 1943 | Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper |
| 1943 | Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi |
| 1944 | Gary Stevens, Australian rugby league player |
| 1943 | Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic |
| 1943 | Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014) |
| 1943 | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal |
| 1943 | Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist |
| 1944 | Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (d. 2014) |
| 1943 | Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author |
| 1943 | Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996) |
| 1943 | Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003) |
| 1943 | Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician |
| 1943 | Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1943 | Ken Norton, American boxer and actor (d. 2013) |
| 1943 | Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar (d. 2021) |
| 1943 | Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (d. 2014) |