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 |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Audrey Totter, American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016) |
| 1918 | Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | William Seawell, American general (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Henry Hewes, American theater writer (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (d. 1970) |
| 1917 | Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002) |