Born in 1931, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1931 is the Year of the Goat and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1931 are Goats. The Chinese Goat year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 17 February 1931 and 5 February 1932 are considered born in the Chinese year 1931 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. 1931 is also known as the Year of the Metal Goat. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1931 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Goat and 1931
Famous People Born in the Year of the Goat and Chinese Year 1931. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Goat 1931. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1931 | Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1931 | Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2013) |
| 1931 | Robert Novak, American journalist and author (d. 2009) |
| 1931 | Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (d. 2007) |
| 1931 | Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1931 | Ien Dales, Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1994) |
| 1931 | William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2013) |
| 1932 | Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player (d. 1983) |
| 1931 | Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006) |
| 1931 | Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 2006) |
| 1931 | Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician |
| 1931 | Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021) |
| 1931 | Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1997) |
| 1931 | Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 1931 | Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (d. 2020) |
| 1931 | Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989) |
| 1931 | David Kushnir, Israeli Olympic long-jumper (d. 2020) |
| 1931 | Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic (d. 2022) |
| 1932 | Boris Shakhlin, Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008) |
| 1931 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th President of Brazil |
| 1931 | Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (d. 2012) |
| 1931 | Virginia McKenna, English actress and author |
| 1931 | Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (d. 1989) |
| 1931 | Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman |
| 1931 | Margaret Heckler, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 2018) |
| 1931 | Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2000) |
| 1931 | Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar (d. 2008) |
| 1931 | Dinos Christianopoulos, Greek poet (d. 2020) |
| 1931 | Sylvia Bacon, American judge |
| 1931 | Julian May, American author (d. 2017) |