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 | Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (d. 1973) |
| 1917 | Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988) |
| 1917 | Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983) |
| 1917 | Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014) |
| 1918 | Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (d. 1951) |
| 1917 | Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952) |
| 1917 | Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Clarence E. Miller, American engineer and politician (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Erich Leo Lehmann, American statistician (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013) |