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 | Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967) |
| 1917 | Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Ling Yun, Chinese politician (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 1917 | Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | William Seawell, American general (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Augustine Harris, English bishop (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) |