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 | Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995) |
| 1918 | Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943) |
| 1917 | David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) |