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 | John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993) |
| 1919 | Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961) |
| 1918 | Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1955) |
| 1918 | William Holden, American actor (d. 1981) |
| 1918 | Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955) |
| 1918 | Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer and systems scientist (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972) |
| 1918 | Billy Graham, American minister and author (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Alec Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (d. 1995) |