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 | Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (d. 2015) |
| 1919 | Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983) |
| 1920 | Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000) |
| 1920 | John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2000) |
| 1919 | Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993) |
| 1919 | Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014) |
| 1919 | Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher (d. 1983) |
| 1919 | Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer (d. 1990) |
| 1920 | Clive Dunn, English actor (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | James Lovelock, English biologist and chemist (d. 2022) |
| 1919 | Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011) |
| 1919 | Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Thomas Willmore, English geometer and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1919 | Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic (d. 2018) |
| 1919 | Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997) |
| 1919 | Ian Smith, Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Hans Klenk, German race car driver (d. 2009) |
| 1919 | Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (d. 2014) |