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 | Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Erich Leo Lehmann, American statistician (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022) |
| 1918 | Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2023) |
| 1917 | Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |