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 | Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer (d. 1988) |
| 1917 | Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988) |
| 1917 | Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989) |
| 1918 | Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006) |