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 | Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Zenna Henderson, American author (d.1983) |
| 1918 | Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer and manager (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975) |
| 1917 | Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| 1918 | Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | A. E. Hotchner, American author and playwright (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Augustine Harris, English bishop (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013) |