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 | Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020) |
| 1917 | Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1994) |
| 1917 | Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008) |
| 1917 | Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (d. 1971) |
| 1917 | Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976) |
| 1917 | John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978) |
| 1917 | Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987) |
| 1917 | John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981) |
| 1917 | Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1918 | Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1918 | John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005) |