According to Chinese Astrology, 1979 is the Year of the Goat and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1979 are Goats. The Chinese Goat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 28 January 1979 and 15 February 1980 are considered born in the Chinese year 1979 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. 1979 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 1979 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Goat?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer |
| 1979 | Adam Dunn, American baseball player |
| 1979 | Vince Grella, Australian footballer |
| 1979 | Otep Shamaya, American singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1979 | Valdis Mintals, Estonian figure skater |
| 1979 | Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress |
| 1979 | Owen Pallett, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player |
| 1979 | Richard Lyons, Northern Irish racing driver |
| 1979 | James McAvoy, Scottish actor |
| 1979 | Movsar Barayev, Chechen terrorist (d. 2002) |
| 1979 | Shalini, Indian actress |
| 1979 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Russian sprint athlete |
| 1979 | Jeff Reed, American football player |
| 1979 | Paul Burchill, English wrestler |
| 1980 | Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1980 | Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer |
| 1980 | Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter |
| 1979 | Hitomi Satō, Japanese actress |
| 1979 | Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player |
| 1979 | Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician, 28th Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada |
| 1979 | Jerrod Niemann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1979 | Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player |
| 1979 | Chris Klein, American actor |
| 1979 | Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer |
| 1979 | Dallas Clark, American football player |
| 1979 | Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer |
| 1980 | Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer |
| 1979 | Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer |
| 1979 | Alexander Resch, German luger |
| 1979 | Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland |