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 | Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982) |
| 1917 | Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944) |