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 |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Joe Williams, American singer and pianist (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Florence Chadwick, American swimmer (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Allen Drury, American journalist and author (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Tom Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1982) |
| 1918 | Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright (d. 1966) |
| 1918 | George Grant, Canadian philosopher and academic (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955) |
| 1918 | Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | William Bronk, American poet and academic (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (d. 2020) |
| 1918 | Mike Wallace, American journalist, media personality and one-time game show host (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Ronald Bladen, American painter and sculptor (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Ralph Young, American singer and actor (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1919 | Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician (d. 2012) |