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 | Eric Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991) |
| 1918 | Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (d. 1967) |
| 1918 | Bobby Riggs, American tennis player; winner of three major titles, 1939–1941 (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Patrick Lucey, American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (d. 1968) |
| 1918 | Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979) |
| 1919 | Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (d. 1962) |
| 1918 | René Rémond, French historian and economist (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Jeff Chandler, American actor (d. 1961) |
| 1918 | Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) |
| 1919 | Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004) |