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 | Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Cleveland Amory, American author and critic (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008) |
| 1918 | John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013) |