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 | Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962) |
| 1918 | William Seawell, American general (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Cleveland Amory, American author and critic (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (d. 1971) |
| 1917 | Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951) |
| 1917 | Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981) |
| 1917 | Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1968) |
| 1917 | Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (d. ?) |
| 1917 | Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022) |
| 1917 | Clarence E. Miller, American engineer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (d. 2017) |