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 | Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (d. 1992) |
| 1919 | John Cullen Murphy, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 2011) |
| 1919 | Carmen Contreras-Bozak, Puerto Rican-American soldier (d. 2017) |
| 1919 | J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (d. 2004) |
| 1920 | Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982) |
| 1919 | Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983) |
| 1919 | Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2014) |
| 1919 | Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (d. 2009) |
| 1919 | Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (d. 1976) |
| 1920 | George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer (d. 2016) |
| 1920 | Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator (d. 2017) |
| 1920 | Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990) |
| 1920 | Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 2009) |
| 1920 | Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (d. 2002) |
| 1919 | Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998) |
| 1919 | Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009) |
| 1919 | Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1919 | Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (d. 2018) |
| 1920 | Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach (d. 1990) |
| 1919 | Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Myron Floren, American accordionist and pianist (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969) |