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 | John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982) |
| 1904 | Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932) |
| 1904 | Lili Damita, French-American actress (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002) |
| 1905 | Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Russel Wright, American furniture designer (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | James T. Farrell, American author and poet (d. 1979) |
| 1905 | Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963) |
| 1904 | George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961) |
| 1904 | Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992) |
| 1905 | Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950) |
| 1904 | Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969) |
| 1905 | Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1904 | Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Harald Berglund, Swedish cinematographer (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (d. 1962) |
| 1904 | Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972) |
| 1904 | Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1964) |
| 1904 | Joan Crawford, American film actress (d. 1977) |