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 | George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Patrick Lucey, American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Mary Glen-Haig, English fencer (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (d. 1975) |
| 1918 | William Holden, American actor (d. 1981) |
| 1918 | Ralph Young, American singer and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2019) |
| 1918 | Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Karl Slover, American actor (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985) |
| 1918 | Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (d. 1986) |
| 1918 | Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961) |
| 1918 | Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (d. 1976) |
| 1918 | George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English soldier and politician, Leader of the House of Lords (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel and politician; 9th President of Austria (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (d. 2010) |