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 | Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005) |
| 1905 | Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1904 | Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950) |
| 1904 | Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1974) |
| 1905 | Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1905 | Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007) |
| 1904 | John Snagge, English journalist (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer (d. 1970) |
| 1905 | James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968) |
| 1904 | Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932) |
| 1904 | Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978) |
| 1904 | Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (d. 2002) |
| 1904 | Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (d. 1957) |
| 1904 | Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957) |