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 | Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Henry Hewes, American theater writer (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Bobby Bragan, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (d. 2015) |
| 1917 | Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012) |
| 1918 | Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977) |
| 1917 | Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009) |