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 | Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982) |
| 1917 | Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967) |
| 1917 | Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Jean Lucas, French racing driver (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1968) |
| 1917 | James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) |
| 1917 | George Osmond, American talent manager (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer (d. 1988) |
| 1917 | Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007) |
| 1918 | Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer and manager (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |