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 | Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder (d. ?) |
| 1917 | Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1918 | Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1986) |
| 1917 | Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1918 | Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |