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 | Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (d. 2019) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | George Osmond, American talent manager (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951) |
| 1918 | Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985) |
| 1918 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (d. ?) |
| 1917 | Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (d. 2008) |