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 | Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002) |
| 1918 | David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Jean Lucas, French racing driver (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer and manager (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951) |