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 | Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982) |
| 1917 | Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (d.1994) |
| 1917 | Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001) |
| 1918 | Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944) |
| 1917 | Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (d. 2013) |