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 Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
1917 Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015)
1917 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
1917 Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (d. 1996)
1917 Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012)
1917 Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1918 Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
1917 Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)
1917 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (d. 1996)
1917 John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (d. 2014)
1917 Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010)
1917 Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012)
1918 João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999)
1917 Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017)
1917 Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012)
1917 Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012)
1918 Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005)
1917 Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)
1917 Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013)
1917 George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)
1917 Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1917 Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998)
1917 Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1917 Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001)
1917 Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978)
1917 Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
1917 Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1917 Robert Manzon, French racing driver (d. 2015)
1917 William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)