According to Chinese Astrology, 1918 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1918 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 11 February 1918 and 31 January 1919 are considered born in the Chinese year 1918 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1918 is also known as the Year of the Earth Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1918 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Horse?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel and politician; 9th President of Austria (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile (d. 2016) |
| 1919 | Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2020) |
| 1918 | Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1918 | Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (d. 1970) |
| 1918 | Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Josephine Webb, American engineer |
| 1918 | Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | Samuel Victor Perry, English biochemist and rugby player (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Zoia Horn, American librarian (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Augusta Dabney, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1919 | William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Otis Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1983) |
| 1918 | P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (d. 1940) |