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 | Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Allen Drury, American journalist and author (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Augusta Dabney, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Dick Gibson, English racing driver (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979) |
| 1918 | Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Gladys Spellman, American educator and politician (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | George Rochberg, American composer and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Mary Healy, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Gwyn Howells, Australian public servant (d. 1997) |
| 1919 | Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot of Romanian descent (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Ken Miles, English-American race car driver (d. 1966) |
| 1918 | Florence Chadwick, American swimmer (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | James Daly, American actor (d. 1978) |
| 1918 | Jeff Chandler, American actor (d. 1961) |
| 1918 | Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Sid Bernstein, American record producer (d. 2013) |