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.
When is the Chinese Year of the Snake?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952) |
| 1917 | Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982) |
| 1918 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (d.1994) |
| 1917 | Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1968) |
| 1917 | Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1917 | Jean Lucas, French racing driver (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997) |