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 |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Willa Kim, American costume designer (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Zenna Henderson, American author (d.1983) |
| 1917 | Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952) |
| 1917 | Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1918 | Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | June Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | George Mann, English cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944) |
| 1917 | Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Ken Downing, English racing driver (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015) |