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 |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Josephine Webb, American engineer |
| 1918 | Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Robert Preston, American actor and singer (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Ralph Young, American singer and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Augusta Dabney, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (d. 1986) |
| 1918 | Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Dora Ratjen, German high jumper (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Ken Miles, English-American race car driver (d. 1966) |
| 1918 | Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Mary Healy, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | William Bronk, American poet and academic (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Günther Rall, German general and pilot (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Radu Beligan, Romanian actor and director (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |