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 |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (d. 1971) |
| 1917 | Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, third President of Pakistan (d. 1980) |
| 1917 | Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961) |
| 1917 | Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943) |
| 1917 | Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Giuseppe Salvioli, Italian football player |
| 1917 | Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |