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 | Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1918 | Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985) |
| 1917 | Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979) |
| 1917 | Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1998) |
| 1918 | Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (d. 1994) |