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 | Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1917 | Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 1917 | Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |