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 | Byron White, American football player, lawyer and judge (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943) |
| 1917 | June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 1917 | Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020) |