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 | Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1920 | Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) |
| 1919 | Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012) |
| 1920 | Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (d. 1989) |
| 1919 | Andy Russell, American singer and actor (d. 1992) |
| 1919 | Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1981) |
| 1919 | René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969) |
| 1919 | Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (d. 2009) |
| 1920 | Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach (d. 1990) |
| 1919 | Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1919 | Jane C. Wright, American oncologist and cancer researcher (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (d. 1990) |
| 1919 | Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001) |
| 1920 | Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 1978) |
| 1919 | Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007) |
| 1920 | Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1919 | Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American trumpet player and educator (d. 1993) |
| 1919 | Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1998) |
| 1919 | Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (d. 2001) |
| 1919 | Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1919 | Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1973) |
| 1920 | George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980) |
| 1919 | William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (d. 2005) |