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 | Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960) |
| 1917 | Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1918 | Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2023) |
| 1917 | Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Robert Manzon, French racing driver (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) |