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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Snake?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1982) |
| 1917 | Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951) |
| 1917 | Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010) |