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 | Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985) |
| 1918 | Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer and systems scientist (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Eric Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (d. 1998) |
| 1919 | Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1918 | Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Edward B. Giller, American Major General (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Sheila Mercier, British actress, Emmerdale Farm (d. 2019) |
| 1918 | Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012) |
| 1919 | Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955) |
| 1918 | Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Harold Atcherley, English businessman (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953) |
| 1918 | Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996) |