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 | Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1918 | Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017) |
| 1917 | Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019) |
| 1917 | Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975) |
| 1918 | William Seawell, American general (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004) |
| 1917 | Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017) |
| 1918 | Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (d. 1995) |
| 1917 | Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1917 | Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997) |
| 1918 | Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999) |
| 1917 | Ling Yun, Chinese politician (d. 2018) |
| 1917 | Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001) |
| 1917 | Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2005) |