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 Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany (d. 2016) |
| 1919 | Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer (d. 2001) |
| 1919 | Buck Baker, American race car driver (d. 2002) |
| 1919 | Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Tommy Byrne, American baseball player, coach, and politician (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (d. 1981) |
| 1919 | Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore (d. 2021)[164][165] |
| 1919 | Gerald E. Miller, American vice admiral (d. 2014) |
| 1919 | Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1919 | Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002) |
| 1919 | Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1988) |
| 1919 | Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer (d. 1999) |
| 1920 | Clive Dunn, English actor (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1919 | Eva Todor, Brazilian actress (d. 2017) |
| 1919 | Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian physician and politician (d. 1996) |
| 1919 | Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960) |
| 1919 | Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008) |
| 1920 | Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator (d. 2017) |
| 1919 | Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney (d. 1998) |
| 1919 | Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1919 | Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1997) |
| 1919 | Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2018) |
| 1919 | Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Subhadra Joshi, Indian freedom activist and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1919 | Jane C. Wright, American oncologist and cancer researcher (d. 2013) |