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 | Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1989) |
| 1918 | Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish author and politician (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (d. ?) |
| 1917 | Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Ken Downing, English racing driver (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962) |
| 1917 | Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter (d. 1992) |