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 | Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Erich Leo Lehmann, American statistician (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987) |
| 1918 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944) |
| 1918 | Jimmy Hagan, English footballer (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Sir Keith Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988) |
| 1917 | Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007) |