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 |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961) |
| 1917 | Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | A. E. Hotchner, American author and playwright (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1968) |
| 1917 | Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Stéphane Hessel, German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967) |
| 1917 | Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987) |