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 | Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (d. 1981) |
| 1918 | Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989) |
| 1918 | Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 1917 | Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952) |
| 1917 | Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982) |
| 1917 | Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012) |