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 | George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Alf Francis, West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and race car constructor (d. 1983) |
| 1918 | Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Paul Aussaresses, French general (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Alec Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | James Daly, American actor (d. 1978) |
| 1918 | Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991) |
| 1918 | L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (d. 1976) |
| 1918 | Ronald Bladen, American painter and sculptor (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Jeff Chandler, American actor (d. 1961) |
| 1918 | Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Harold Atcherley, English businessman (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian-American author (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | David Ausubel, American psychologist (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (d. 1989) |
| 1918 | Gwyn Howells, Australian public servant (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013) |