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 | James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989) |
| 1917 | Jack Karnehm, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2002) |
| 1917 | David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot (d. 1944) |
| 1917 | Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984) |
| 1917 | Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993) |
| 1917 | Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (d. 2012) |
| 1917 | Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014) |
| 1917 | Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (d. 2005) |
| 1917 | Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (d. 2005) |
| 1918 | Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996) |
| 1917 | Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003) |
| 1917 | Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009) |
| 1917 | Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981) |
| 1917 | Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) |
| 1918 | Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter (d. 2007) |
| 1917 | Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006) |
| 1917 | Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998) |