Born in 1918, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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.
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Famous people from the Year of the Horse and 1918
Famous People Born in the Year of the Horse and Chinese Year 1918. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Horse 1918. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1919 | Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1972) |
| 1918 | Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (d.1995) |
| 1918 | Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Ahmed Deedat, South African writer and public speaker (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s) |
| 1918 | Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Scottish-English politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1999) |
| 1919 | Toni Turek, German footballer (d. 1984) |
| 1919 | Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | Hans Scholl, German activist (d. 1943) |
| 1918 | John Gofman, American physicist, chemist, and biologist (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979) |
| 1918 | Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel and politician; 9th President of Austria (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (d. 2020) |