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 |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Eddie Robinson, American football player and coach (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Lilia Dale, Italian actress |
| 1919 | Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (d. 2013) |
| 1920 | Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1919 | Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (d. 1990) |
| 1919 | Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (d. 1981) |
| 1919 | Albert Stubbins, English footballer (d. 2002) |
| 1919 | Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (d. 1996) |
| 1919 | Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author (d. 2017) |
| 1919 | István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist (d. 2011) |
| 1919 | Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1919 | Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1992) |
| 1919 | Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1998) |
| 1920 | Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (d. 2016) |
| 1919 | Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer (d. 1999) |
| 1919 | Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1919 | Lennie Tristano, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978) |
| 1919 | Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (d. 1996) |
| 1919 | Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician (d. 2007) |
| 1920 | Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1987) |
| 1919 | Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2014) |
| 1919 | Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco (d. 2018) |
| 1919 | George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998) |