According to Chinese Astrology, 1904 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1904 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 16 February 1904 and 3 February 1905 are considered born in the Chinese year 1904 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon 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. 1904 is also known as the Year of the Wood Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1904 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Dragon?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002) |
| 1904 | Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (d. 1949) |
| 1904 | Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1963) |
| 1904 | Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987) |
| 1905 | Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (d. 1960) |
| 1904 | Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964) |
| 1904 | Hans Hartung, German-French painter (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989) |
| 1905 | Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957) |