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 | Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | George Mann, English cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1917 | Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Willa Kim, American costume designer (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008) |