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 |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | Jean Lucas, French racing driver (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (d.1994) |
| 1917 | Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980) |
| 1917 | Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001) |