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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| 1918 | Florence Chadwick, American swimmer (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1991) |
| 1918 | Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Athos Bulcão, Brazilian painter and sculptor (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Rusty Dedrick, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Mike Wallace, American journalist, media personality and one-time game show host (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Robert Preston, American actor and singer (d. 1987) |
| 1919 | Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Alec Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Francis W. Nye, United States Air Force major general (d. 2019) |
| 1918 | Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Robert Roosa, American economist and banker (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955) |
| 1918 | Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) |
| 1919 | J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Doris Grumbach, American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist (d. 2022) |
| 1918 | Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984) |