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 | Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1919 | Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1972) |
| 1918 | Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | George Lynch, American race car driver (d. 1997) |
| 1919 | Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Stubby Kaye, American entertainer (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (d. 1975) |
| 1918 | Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Günther Rall, German general and pilot (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Robert Lochner, American-German soldier and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1919 | Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (d. 2009) |