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 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (d. 1973) |
| 1917 | Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1918 | Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945) |
| 1917 | Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Ling Yun, Chinese politician (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951) |
| 1917 | Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981) |
| 1918 | Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943) |
| 1918 | Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (d. ?) |
| 1917 | Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Willa Kim, American costume designer (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987) |