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 | Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) |
| 1918 | Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |