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 | Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986) |
| 1918 | Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 1917 | Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1918 | Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962) |
| 1917 | Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (d. 1971) |
| 1917 | Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (d. 1990) |
| 1917 | Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987) |