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 | Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | June Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Robert Manzon, French racing driver (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Lloyd Bott, Australian public servant (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Evelyn Knight, American singer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |