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 | Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2021) |
| 1919 | Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008) |
| 1920 | José Manuel Castañón, Spanish lawyer and author (d. 2001) |
| 1919 | Mario Bunge, Argentinian-Canadian physicist and philosopher (d. 2020) |
| 1920 | Billy Halop, American actor (d. 1976) |
| 1920 | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1919 | Monte Irvin, American baseball player and executive (d. 2016) |
| 1919 | Máire Drumm, Irish politician (d. 1976) |
| 1919 | Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004) |
| 1920 | An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories (d. 1990) |
| 1920 | William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996) |
| 1919 | J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1919 | Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965) |
| 1919 | George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (d. 2015) |
| 1919 | Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973) |
| 1919 | Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (d. 2018) |
| 1919 | Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1919 | Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (d. 2014) |
| 1919 | Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 2009) |
| 1919 | Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1987) |
| 1919 | John Cullen Murphy, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer (d. 2001) |
| 1919 | Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer (d. 2008) |
| 1920 | Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000) |
| 1919 | Rosalind Hicks, British literary guardian and the only child of author, Agatha Christie (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015) |