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 | Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961) |
| 1917 | Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978) |
| 1917 | Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet (d. 2006) |