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 |
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| 1918 | Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014) |
| 1919 | Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Dora Ratjen, German high jumper (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (d. 1940) |
| 1918 | Hans Scholl, German activist (d. 1943) |
| 1918 | Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1983) |
| 1918 | Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Ahmed Deedat, South African writer and public speaker (d. 2005) |
| 1919 | Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1991) |
| 1918 | Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s) |
| 1919 | Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963) |
| 1918 | Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic |
| 1918 | Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | William Bronk, American poet and academic (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997) |
| 1919 | Sheila Mercier, British actress, Emmerdale Farm (d. 2019) |
| 1918 | James Tobin, American economist and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (d. 2011) |