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 | Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Clarence E. Miller, American engineer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019) |
| 1918 | Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (d. 2012) |