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 | Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951) |
| 1918 | Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976) |
| 1918 | Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (d. 1979) |
| 1918 | Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006) |
| 1919 | Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995) |
| 1919 | Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player (d. 1992) |
| 1919 | Toni Turek, German footballer (d. 1984) |
| 1918 | Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (d. 1968) |
| 1918 | Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (d. 1940) |
| 1918 | Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic |
| 1918 | Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 1919 | Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1972) |
| 1918 | Helen Wagner, American actress (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955) |
| 1918 | William Holden, American actor (d. 1981) |
| 1918 | Ralph Young, American singer and actor (d. 2008) |