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 | Teresa Wright, American actress and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (d. 2020) |
| 1919 | Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | René Rémond, French historian and economist (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek soldier and educator (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s) |
| 1918 | Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Kurt Dahlmann, German pilot, lawyer, and journalist (d. 2017) |
| 1919 | Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest (d. 2005) |