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 | Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1918 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961) |
| 1917 | Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1994) |