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 | Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022) |
| 1917 | Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1982) |
| 1917 | Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978) |