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 | David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (d. 1967) |
| 1917 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989) |
| 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 | John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017) |