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 | Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945) |
| 1918 | Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | George Mann, English cricketer (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Henry Hewes, American theater writer (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975) |
| 1918 | Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952) |
| 1917 | Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014) |