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 | I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) |
| 1918 | Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992) |
| 1918 | Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009) |