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 | Indumati Bhattacharya, Indian politician (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990) |
| 1918 | Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1955) |
| 1918 | Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author (d. 2020) |
| 1918 | Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Augusta Dabney, American actress (d. 2008) |
| 1919 | Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948) |
| 1918 | Eddie Lopat, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2011) |
| 1919 | Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator (d. 1974) |
| 1919 | Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963) |
| 1918 | Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1918 | Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer (d. 1980) |
| 1918 | Alf Francis, West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and race car constructor (d. 1983) |
| 1918 | Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Josephine Webb, American engineer |