Born in 1917, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
According to Chinese Astrology, 1917 is the Year of the Snake and it is the Fire element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1917 are Snakes. The Chinese Snake year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 23 January 1917 and 10 February 1918 are considered born in the Chinese year 1917 and are a Snake sign. In addition, each Snake 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. 1917 is also known as the Year of the Fire Snake. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1917 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.
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Famous people from the Year of the Snake and 1917
Famous People Born in the Year of the Snake and Chinese Year 1917. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Snake 1917. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
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| 1917 | Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980) |
| 1917 | Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Robert Manzon, French racing driver (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Carson McCullers, American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist (d. 1967) |
| 1917 | Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (d. 1967) |
| 1917 | Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960) |
| 1918 | Helen Stephens, American runner, baseball player, and manager (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Zenna Henderson, American author (d.1983) |
| 1917 | Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003) |