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 | Josephine Webb, American engineer |
| 1918 | Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985) |
| 1918 | Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (d. 1986) |
| 1918 | Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (d. 1986) |
| 1919 | Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Radu Beligan, Romanian actor and director (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Ray Graves, American football player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Arnold Stang, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997) |
| 1919 | Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout (d. 1977) |
| 1918 | Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991) |
| 1918 | Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (d. 1993) |
| 1919 | Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist (d. 1982) |
| 1918 | Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Ruth Duccini, American actress (d. 2014) |