1931 Chinese zodiac, age & generation
People born in 1931 are 94 or 95 years old this year and turn 95 on their birthday in 2026.Babies born in 1931 will belong to The Silent Generation. 1931 is the Year of the Metal Goat 🐐 and belongs to The Silent Generation.
- Age this year
- Turns 95
- Chinese zodiac
- 🐐 Metal Goat
- Generation
- 📻 Silent Generation
- Leap year
- No (365 days)
- Jan 1, 1931
- Thursday
- Chinese New Year
- February 17
How old is someone born in 1931?
Your exact age depends on whether you have had your birthday yet this year. Right now, someone born in 1931 is 94 or 95 years old. Use the age calculator for an exact answer in years, months and days.
Milestone birthdays for people born in 1931
- 10 in 1941
- 18 in 1949
- 21 in 1952
- 30 in 1961
- 40 in 1971
- 50 in 1981
- 60 in 1991
- 70 in 2001
- 80 in 2011
- 90 in 2021
- 100 in 2031
1931 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Goat 🐐
1931 is a Metal Goat year (Yin). The 1931 Chinese zodiac year began on February 17, 1931 and ended on February 5, 1932. People born in January or early February 1931, before Chinese New Year on February 17, belong to the previous zodiac year: the Year of the Horse.
The Goat (also called the Sheep or Ram) represents calm, creativity and kindness. Goat-year people are described as gentle, imaginative and caring, with a love of beauty and harmony.
People with the Metal element are traditionally described as determined, principled and strong-willed.
What generation is 1931?
People born in 1931 are part of The Silent Generation, which covers birth years 1928–1945.
The Silent Generation was born between the Great Depression and the end of World War II. A 1951 Time magazine essay gave the generation its name, describing young people who worked hard and kept their heads down.
Famous people born in 1931
- March 2, 1931Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
- February 1, 1931Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)
- February 18, 1931African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
- July 10, 1931Canadian writer (1931–2024)
- October 7, 1931South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)
- June 3, 1931Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
- February 8, 1931American actor (1931–1955)
- April 15, 1931Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)
- October 15, 1931Indian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)
- December 11, 1931Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement (1931–1990)
- January 5, 1931American actor and director (1931–2026)
- March 11, 1931American businessman
- August 8, 1931English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
- September 17, 1931American actress (1931–2005)
- October 6, 1931Italian-American astrophysicist (1931-2018)
- February 4, 1931First female president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976
- March 22, 1931Canadian actor (born 1931)
- March 26, 1931American actor (1931–2015)
- October 19, 1931British novelist and spy (1931–2020)
- January 16, 1931German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006)
- September 29, 1931Swedish actress (1931–2015)
- October 27, 1931Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)
- June 27, 1931Dutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021)
- March 22, 1931American physicist
- May 31, 1931American physicist (1931-2019)
- September 29, 1931American physicist
- January 18, 193111th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea (1931~2021)
- November 15, 19313rd President of Kenya (1931–2022)
- August 9, 1931Brazilian footballer (1931–2024)
- November 3, 1931Italian actress (1931–2022)
- January 17, 1931American actor (1931–2024)
- January 20, 1931American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
- June 18, 1931President of Brazil from 1995 to 2003
- November 26, 1931Argentine activist, architect and sculptor
- August 15, 1931American chemist (1931–2015)
- November 6, 1931American director and comedian (1931–2014)
- September 21, 1931American actor (1931–2012)
- December 11, 1931Puerto Rican actress (born 1931)
- February 9, 1931Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
- September 12, 1931British actor (1931–2020)
- October 25, 1931French actress (1931-2011)
- January 22, 1931American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)
- March 23, 1931Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster
- August 27, 1931Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007)
- October 13, 1931French footballer (1931–2017)
- March 1, 1931Italian economist, politician
- December 28, 1931French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)
- May 28, 1931American actress (born 1931)
- June 10, 1931Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019)
- June 20, 1931American actress (1931-2021)
- July 1, 1931French and American actress and dancer (born 1931)
- January 2, 1931Japanese politician (1931-2022)
- June 25, 1931Prime Minister of India (1989-1990)
- September 21, 1931Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–)
- October 4, 1931American philosopher (1931–2007)
- August 28, 1931Japanese association football player and manager (1931–2017)
- October 24, 1931Soviet and Russian composer (1931–2025)
- November 5, 1931American musician (1931–2007)
- August 2, 1931Japanese association football player (1931–2009)
- August 16, 1931Japanese association football player (1931–2022)
Other birth years
Frequently asked questions
How old is someone born in 1931?
Someone born in 1931 turns 95 in 2026, 100 in 2031. Before their birthday each year, they are one year younger.
What Chinese zodiac is 1931?
1931 is the Year of the Goat, with the Metal element (Metal Goat). The 1931 zodiac year runs from February 17, 1931 to February 5, 1932. People born in 1931 before February 17 belong to the previous year, the Year of the Horse.
What generation is 1931?
People born in 1931 belong to The Silent Generation (Silent Generation), which includes birth years 1928 to 1945. Some sources use slightly different cut-off years.
Is 1931 a leap year?
No. 1931 is a common year with 365 days.