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 | Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991) |
| 1917 | Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945) |
| 1918 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | William Seawell, American general (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022) |
| 1917 | Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (d. 2019) |
| 1918 | Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Sir Keith Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988) |
| 1917 | Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |