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 | Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian (d. 2004) |