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 | Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (d. 1990) |
| 1904 | Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Clifford Roach, Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (d. 1988) |
| 1905 | Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972) |
| 1904 | Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1905 | Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1904 | Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961) |
| 1904 | Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (d. 1949) |
| 1904 | Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Louis Duffus, Australian-South African cricketer and journalist (d. 1984) |
| 1905 | Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (d. 1947) |
| 1904 | Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009) |
| 1904 | Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (d. 1988) |
| 1905 | J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (d. 1978) |
| 1904 | George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998) |
| 1905 | Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977) |
| 1905 | Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (d. 1985) |