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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Snake?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1917 | Sir Keith Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988) |
| 1917 | Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957) |
| 1917 | Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963) |
| 1917 | Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013) |