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 | Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962) |
| 1917 | Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | William Seawell, American general (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945) |
| 1917 | Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) |