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 | Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | June Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (d.1994) |
| 1917 | Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, third President of Pakistan (d. 1980) |
| 1917 | Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004) |