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 | Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014) |
| 1919 | Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972) |
| 1918 | Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979) |
| 1918 | Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | Edward B. Giller, American Major General (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (d. 2020) |
| 1919 | George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (d. 1986) |
| 1918 | Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | William Holden, American actor (d. 1981) |
| 1918 | Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Mary Healy, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |